Today marks my first Lent as an Orthodox Christian. I am already finding the experience qualitatively different than any of the previous five Lents which I’ve traversed as I made my way into the Orthodox Church. It is, in all ways except for the bodily, far more difficult than anything I’ve ever [...]
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For all those whom I’ve caused offense, pain, or scandal, forgive me, a sinner.
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On this, the first day of the Great and Holy Fast, I want to call again to my own attention, an article I noted a couple of years ago, from the archives of Touchstone magazine. Author Adam A. J. DeVille’s Life in the Fast Lane is full of very good and important reminders. [...]
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Let us joyfully begin the all-hallowed season of abstinence; and let us shine wih the bright radiance of the holy commandments of Christ our God, with the brightness of love and the splendor of prayer, with the purity of holiness and the strength of good courage. So, clothed in raiment of light, let us [...]
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