An Awakening Conscience: The Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

Posted 2021-04-18 07:17:05 by: Сард

Priest Ioannis FortomasCould we possibly find the smallest desire to repent—even in these last hours of Great Lent prior to Holy Week—as we turn our spiritual gaze ...

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Fr. Alexander Webster responds to Orthodox Theological Society in America’s pro-vaccine statement

Posted 2021-04-16 12:35:17 by: Сард

Opinions vary greatly even amongst Orthodox hierarchs and clergy concerning the ethics of COVID vaccines, and in a new essay, “The Moral Peril of Taking Most COVID-19 Vaccines,” Archpriest Alexander Webster, PhD, critically analyzes the OTSA’s ...

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Schismatics throw feces into house of Ukrainian Orthodox priest

Posted 2021-04-16 11:19:11 by: Сард

At about 2:50 AM, schismatic nationalists came to Archpriest Vladimir Meles’ house, where the canonical community is currently holding its Divine services, broke the windows, and threw three buckets of feces into the ...

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Mt. Athos remains closed to pilgrims through Pascha and Bright Week

Posted 2021-04-16 10:09:37 by: Сард

The ban on pilgrimages is currently in force until May 10, though the ban could be extended, as has happened several times over the past few ...

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Montenegrin nationalists attack Orthodox seminary

Posted 2021-04-16 09:55:02 by: Сард

Before leaving, the vandals threatened to return to continue their attacks in the future, which is why Fr. Gojko decided to address the ...

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More than 2,000 people should be able to attend Holy Fire service—Romanian Church rep in Jerusalem

Posted 2021-04-16 09:06:21 by: Сард

Every year, thousands of pilgrims from throughout the world pour into Jerusalem to experience the Divine miracle. Unfortunately, last year, due to the COVID pandemic, the ceremony was held in an empty church, without the presence of parishioners of ...

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OCA bishop of San Francisco diagnosed with Parkinson’s

Posted 2021-04-16 08:58:07 by: Сард

His Eminence was born on June 1, 1954, and was baptized and chrismated into holy Orthodoxy on April 27, 1972. He was ordained to the diaconate on November 15, 1987 and tonsured into monasticism the next ...

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She is Our Spiritual Guide in Ascending to Heaven

Posted 2021-04-16 07:35:45 by: Сард

A Homily for the Saturday of the AkathistIgumen Leonty (Kozlov)Thus, in this remarkable service, the glorification of the Annunciation, the dawn of our salvation, which began with the Archangel’s greeting to the Most Pure Virgin: “Rejoice,” and the praise of our Champion Leader, the Most Holy Lady, who delivers us from both visible and invisible enemies and thanks to whom salvation became possible, are wondrously ...

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Meditations on the Great Canon: Odes 8 and 9

Posted 2021-04-16 07:06:26 by: Сард

Priest Ioannis FortomasSt. Andrew has composed his Great Canon as a mighty sailing ship on which he has sailed us through salvation’s history in the ...

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Missing abbot of Russian monastery found dead

Posted 2021-04-15 14:47:47 by: Сард

It is known that Fr. Andrei left the monastery six days аго, taking personal money and his identification with him. The cause of death is still being ...

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Two hierarchs of Patriarchate of Constantinople repose in the Lord in a week

Posted 2021-04-15 13:08:43 by: Сард

Met. Constantine served in the episcopate for 49 years. Met. Dionysius served as a hierarch for 25 ...

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Valaam Monastery: tonsure of four new monks celebrated in Week of the Cross

Posted 2021-04-15 12:38:21 by: Сард

In addition to the brothers, many residents of the island came to offer their prayers for the newly tonsured monks, who were named in honor of St. Herman of Valaam, the Apostle Nathanael, Hieromartyr Anthim of Sarai, and Hiero-Confessor Vassian of ...

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Jerusalem Patriarchate celebrates centenary of Jordanian state

Posted 2021-04-15 11:20:15 by: Сард

celebration was led by His Eminence Archbishop Christophoros of Kyriakoupolis, who served the Divine Liturgy and a moleben in honor of the historic national occasion at the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Khilda, ...

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Russian Church to open palliative care hospital in Crimea

Posted 2021-04-15 10:19:33 by: Сард

According to a new agreement with civil authorities, the Russian Orthodox Church will open a palliative care hospital in the Crimean city of ...

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First Liturgy celebrated in Orthodox chapel in southern Portuguese city

Posted 2021-04-15 10:10:54 by: Сард

On Saturday, April 10, the first-ever Orthodox Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Portas do Céu in the southern Portuguese city of ...

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Meditations on the Great Canon. Beatitudes and Ode 7

Posted 2021-04-15 09:44:24 by: Сард

Priest Ioannis FortomasBefore my end, I should imitate the profound, heart-wrenching repentance of ...

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Drops of Spiritual Dew

Posted 2021-04-15 06:36:01 by: Сард

A Homily for the Reading of the Great Canon and the Life of St. Mary the EgyptArchpriest Andrew LemeshonokThat’s the thing—God is near, but we are far away! And that’s why the drops of spiritual dew that the Church offers us today—the full reading of the penitential canon of St. Andrew of Crete and the life of St. Mary of Egypt—are so important for ...

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Serbian Patriarchate responds to Kosovo accusations against Visoki Dečani Monastery

Posted 2021-04-14 13:54:06 by: Сард

“It is clear that this is an attack on the Dečani shrine and an attempt to endanger the very survival of the Visoki Dečani brotherhood, and thus monasticism in other Serbian Orthodox holy sites and the remaining Serbian population in Kosovo and Metohija,” the statement continues ...

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Russian Synod establishes bioethics committee to further study IVF

Posted 2021-04-14 12:14:55 by: Сард

Participants in the discussion noted that some questions raised regarding the document and the possible conditions for the use of IVF require further discussion on a high theological and scientific ...

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Russian Synod addresses participation of schismatic “bishop” in episcopal consecration in Constantinople

Posted 2021-04-14 12:00:33 by: Сард

Even if the schism between the Patriarchates of Moscow and Constantinople is overcome, this consecration will still be unacceptable, the hierarchs ...

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Relics of St. John Vladimir returned from museum to Albanian monastery

Posted 2021-04-14 11:44:20 by: Сард

St. John Vladimir was a 10th-century Serbian prince and is known as a beacon of Orthodoxy in Albania and throughout the ...

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Regular Divine services resume at site of Volga River monastery abolished by Soviets

Posted 2021-04-14 10:06:34 by: Сард

There are also plans to fully restore Holy Trinity Monastery, founded by the Monk Makary in 1434. At the moment, it is completely destroyed. 70% of the monastery was destroyed during the Soviet period, including the abbot’s residence, the bell tower, and several ...

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Repentance is the Second Victory

Posted 2021-04-14 07:25:52 by: Сард

A Homily on Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Great LentArchpriest Alexander ShargunovWe constantly recall the words of the saints, that it is greater to see your sins than to see angels. Why is it ...

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Meditations of the Great Canon: Odes Four to Six

Posted 2021-04-14 06:49:14 by: Сард

Priest Ioannis FortomasSt. Andrew calls us to explore the mystery of the Church, to delve into the mystery of piety. The Church is the Promised Land; it is the fullest expression of the heavenly realities of the Age to Come in this shadow-of-a-world, as represented in our time, space, and ...

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Meditations on the Great Canon: Odes Four to Six

Posted 2021-04-14 06:49:14 by: Сард

Priest Ioannis FortomasSt. Andrew calls us to explore the mystery of the Church, to delve into the mystery of piety. The Church is the Promised Land; it is the fullest expression of the heavenly realities of the Age to Come in this shadow-of-a-world, as represented in our time, space, and ...

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