The New Name

We live in a world of mirrors and surface images. We project a self like that of which we see, and have projected back to us something of the self we project. This is both conscious–in the achieving by dress and “lifestyle” of a certain “look”–and unconscious–in that how and what we [...]

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The Winds of Temptation Can Do Us No Harm

In the hour in which we are tempted we must be patient and pray. Temptation is a clever craftsman. He is able to make small things loom large. Temptation disquiets, saddens and creates external battles. He knows many arts. He brings man to doubt. For this reason we have [...]

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Friday Meditation VI

The Trisagion

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His Sovereignty Our Freedom

Chirst ‘overcame the world’ [cf. John 16:33]. And now there is no one and nothing that could set limits to His Sovereignty. In much suffering we free ourselves from the power of our past. Enriched by the experience of victory through repentance, we become kin to the only-begotten Son in His Lordship. [...]

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Well, After All, St Benedict Jumped into a Thorn Bush . . .

Okay, I know it’s Wednesday, and this video will be hard for my Orthodox readers to watch, but I didn’t want to wait to post it till tomorrow.

[H/T: via an email from our deacon]

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A Lesson Learned

When we suffer, it is not as though God’s providence has failed. Indeed, this is his providence for us. There is healing there for us, in that suffering, if we would but embrace it. The waves and the winds terrify us, but let us also recall that our Savior sleeps within the [...]

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List of American Orthodox Saints

List of American saints – OrthodoxWiki:
American Orthodox Saints
1.Alexander Hotovitzky (glorification: 4 Dec)
2.Alexis (Toth) of Wilkes-Barre, leader of ex-Uniates into Orthodoxy (feast: 7 May)
3.Herman of Alaska, first missionary to Alaska (feast 13 Dec; glorification: 9 Aug)
4.Innocent of Alaska, missionary bishop to Alaska (feast: 31 Mar; glorification: 6 Oct)
5.Jacob Netsvetov (feast: 26 July)
6.John Kochurov (feast 31 Oct)
7.John [...]

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Monastery Pilgirmage

Today I had the joy of visiting the Greek Orthodox Holy Monastery of St. John Chrysostomos. It was a wealth of Providence. I went not knowing what to expect and was fortunate to be present for a talk on worship and prayer by Father Demetrios of the Nativity of the Holy Theotokos Monastery [...]

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Friday Meditation V

Psalm 50 [51] in Romanian (?):

Psalm 50 [51] in Romanian:

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St Nektarios and Elder Paisios

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