How to Prepare to Receive Holy Communion
The most important element in the spiritual renewal of the Orthodox Christian is the Sacrament of Holy Communion. It is the one sacrament that transcends all other sacraments. When we receive Holy Communion we...
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Why Am I a Practicing Orthodox Christian?
Why do I do it? Why am I a practicing Orthodox Christian. It’s not because it’s the true faith, the oldest form of Christianity, faithful to the teaching and worship of the ancient Church. ...
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Make Christ Your Priority This Holy Week
As Christ triumphantly, and yet so humbly, entered Jerusalem, the children and those of ‘child-like’ faith laid down palms and garments, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the...
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How Do We Resemble, or not, Mary of Egypt?
In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Week after week we feel that we are coming closer and closer to the glorious Resurrection of Christ. And it seems...
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The Life of St. Mary of Egypt
“It is good to hide the secret of a king, but it is glorious to reveal and preach the works of God” (Tobit 12:7). So said the Archangel Raphael to Tobit when he performed...
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The Attitude of Gratitude
We are hurtling through time towards the inescapable destination of death, Judgment, and eternity. We cannot escape this direction of travel but, like the ship, we can use what powers of influence we do...
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What is Thanksgiving?
What is “thanksgiving”? Taking into consideration that everyone in America who is a believer, and everyone who recognizes God as Creator, today turns to God with hymns of praise, it follows that Thanksgiving...
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Negative People
We have all come across people in this world, who seem a bit more drawn toward the negative perspective. They might frequently use sarcasm to hurt others with what seems like cunning intent, or,...
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Saint Demetrios the Myrrh-streamer
Saint Demetrios suffered in Thessalonica during the reign of Galerius Maximian (c. 306). He belonged to one of the most distinguished families of the province of Macedonia and was widely admired not only because...
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