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Christ is Risen!
Indeed He's Risen!
Christ is risen from the dead, Trampling down death by death,
And upon those in the tombs bestowing life!
Paschal Resources
Resources for the Great Feast of the Resurrection of Christ |
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Be Happy: The American Refusal to Deal with Suffering
What IS unique to modern America is that our hopefulness comes with a price tag that no other culture has ever been willing
to pay. It comes at the expense of reality and the medium of exchange is our spirit. 5/3/08 |
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Darwinism, Bumbleology with a Fake ID
Q: How many materialists does it take to change a light bulb? A: None. Given time the light bulb will change itself. 4/29/08 |
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Reason Permeates the Universe, Logic Must be Valid
To understand that logic must be valid is to see at once that this thing we all know, this thought, this mind, cannot in fact be
really alien to the nature of the universe. Or, putting it the other way around, the nature of the universe cannot be really alien to Reason.
We find that matter always obeys the same laws which our logic obeys. When logic says a thing must be so, Nature always agrees. No one can suppose that this can be due to a happy conincidence. |
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Sex-change therapies on children 'beyond the pale'
Children's Hospital Boston, a world-renowned center for pediatric healthcare, is being criticized by a Massachusetts-based
pro-family group for offering sex-change therapy to patients as young as ten years old. 4/23/08 |
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The Real Agenda Behind Climate Change and Earth Day
In recognition of Earth Day, there is an excellent article in the BBC News today which reveals the real agenda behind the
global warming movement, which is the abolishment of capitalism. 4/22/08 |
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Religious Issues |
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Daily Scripture Readings |
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Pope Benedict, Logos, Chaos, and Freedom
Today, as in the Civil War, Logos is on the side of freedom. And in spite of the secular media effort to obfuscate, Benedict’s
message couldn’t be clearer: Logos rises to defend against the secular call for submission to the Chaos unleashed by Islam. 5/3/08 |
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Encyclical for Great and Holy Pascha 2008
Partriach Bartholomew - A sacred Pascha -- great and holy -- has arisen; and it warms, lights and makes radiant the
world. “Now all things are filled with light, both heaven and earth and the nethermost regions of the earth.” 4/26/08 |
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Pascha in Dachau 1945: The Souls of All Are Aflame
In 1945, a Paschal Liturgy like no other was performed. Just days after their liberation by the US military on
April 29, 1945, hundreds of Orthodox Christian prisoners at the Dachau concentration camp gathered to celebrate the Resurrection
service and to give thanks. |
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God didn’t create hell for sinners, they did it themselves
God didn’t create hell for sinners, they did it themselves. God doesn’t send sinners to hell, but people
who oppose God’s will and revolt against God choose hell themselves. 3/28/08 |
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The Ethos of Lent
The ethos of Lent for the committed Orthodox Christian is told to us by St. Dorotheus of Gaza. He likened
it to a wake up call, ‘a coming to one’s self’ (like the Prodigal Son) to find meaning for the entire year. 4/1/08 |
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OCA Crisis - Resources Page
Dedicated site with links, articles, and information about the on-going OCA spiritual crisis. |
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Books on Orthodox Christianity
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Current Issues, News, & Editorials |
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Darwin and Hitler: In Their Own Words
Darwin understood the eugenic implications of his own theory, and warned his readers against imminent evolutionary
backsliding. 5/5/08 |
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Globe may be cooling on Global Warming
Australia, the land where sinks drain the other way, has alerted Americans that we see Earth’s climate
upside down: We’re not warming. We’re cooling. 5/1/08 |
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America, You Have Been Had
They say that liberals are all prepared for the inevitable “swift-boating” of Barack Obama. Look behind you, liberals. It already
happened and, like last time, it was an own-goal scored by liberals. 4/29/08 |
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Passing the Buck has Turned to Passing the Debt
America became a great nation because at key moments in our history our national leaders were willing to make sacrifices to preserve
freedom and opportunity for future generations. Yet, that tradition is being abandoned today in Washington. 4/28/08 |
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Time Magazine Disrespects WWII Veterans
The cover of Time magazine’s latest issue using the famous photo of soldiers raising the American flag on Iwo Jima to
promote the imagined "War On Global Warming" shouldn’t really be surprising. It is just more of the same that we have come to expect
from the MSM (mainstream media) disrespect for the military and the men and women who serve their country. 4/20/08 |
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Ben Stein Vs. Sputtering Atheists
Everyone should take the opportunity to see “Expelled” — if nothing else, as a bracing antidote to the
atheism-friendly culture of PC liberalism. 4/18/08 |
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Imagine a Free Tibet!
I don’t know what the “Free Tibet” bumper sticker crowd must be thinking these days, but I can assure you
it most certainly doesn’t involve the 101st Airborne, tanks, guns, or any of that other
“culture of violence” stuff. 4/20/08 |
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It’s a Bad World
I am convinced that human evil is so great that most people choose either to ignore it or to focus their
concerns elsewhere — like those who believe that human-created carbon dioxide emission, not human evil, poses the greatest
threat to mankind. 4/8/08 |
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Earth First! (People Later)
The “science” of global warming is nothing more than a cover for their irrational emotional needs. It’s
religion for people who are too cool to go to church. All that yearning, the need for something bigger, transcendent: Hey
the planet’s heating up and I’ve been placed here to save it! 4/22/08 |
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Straight Talk About Casual Sex
Academic institutions, particularly the women's studies programs, promote the idea that marriage is optional
and young people are advised to "just do it!" The secular mantra, heard from middle school on up, is that sex will make
you popular and happy; it's great recreation that is free and fun. 4/20/08 |
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For Senior, Abortion a Medium for Art, Political Discourse
The insane actions and delusional rationalizations of this college senior point to what happens when man
stops believing in God and the sanctity of human life. 4/17/08 |
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Blessing vs. Damning America
The spiritual mentors of Ronald Reagan shaped his understanding and vision of America’s role in the world. Why would
anyone assume the same does not hold true for Barack Obama? 4/11/08 |
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Gore Used Fictional Video to Illustrate ‘Inconvenient Truth’
On Friday, it was revealed by ABC News that one of the famous shots of supposed Antarctic ice shelves in
the film was actually a computer-generated image from the 2004 science fiction blockbuster “The Day After Tomorrow.”
4/22/08 |
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Bio-Foolishness
Poverty, famine and violence are among the supposed products of global warming in the future. Yet these
calamities are with us today thanks to a key element of “green” policy, biofuels. This feel-good measure is becoming
a real-world disaster. 4/21/08 |
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Cancer-Cure Radio Frequency Machine (John Kanzius)
Major breakthrough in the fight against cancer! One man’s struggle to help himself and others with cancer leads to the greatest
hope for destroying cancers in medical history. 4/14/08 |
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The Kanzius Machine, A Cancer Killer
For John Kanzius it began with a simple idea, some pots and pans and even a hot dog! Now, the Kanzius machine, which generates radio waves,
has developed into a possible breakthrough in cancer research. 4/13/08 |
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The slick trick behind global frauding
In Stalin’s Russia any dissenter from the Party Line was guilty. Innocence had to be proved. It’s a standard
tyrant’s trick. During the reign of Oliver Cromwell in England, witchhunters did not have to prove that their victims were
guilty. The accused witches had to prove their innocence. 4/9/08 |
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The Clintons’ Truth Deficit Disorder
Seinfeld’s George Costanza famously quipped: “It’s not a lie if you believe it.” This is how a Clinton — take
your pick, Hillary, Bill or Chelsea — makes it through the day. Better living through self-delusion. 3/26/08 |
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That All May Be Saved
The evangelization of the Jews is the third rail of interfaith relations, for obvious reasons, many of
which are the fault of Christians. It can kill a promising dialogue and expose any Christian who proposes it to scorn
and contempt. Apr. 2008 |
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When Others Pray for Your Conversion
If people would feel zealous about sharing a health regimen, why would we expect any less with respect to what
they believe heals not just the body, but the soul? 3/28/08 |
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Global Warming Stopped a Decade Ago
There has been cooling, if you take 1998 as your point of reference. If you take 2002 as your point of reference,
then temperatures have plateaued. 3/22/08 |
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The Religion of Eternal Racism and Eternal Sexism
How many “civil rights” leaders talk as if racism is an immutable, eternal characteristic of American society?
How many feminist leaders talk as if sexism is an immutable, eternal characteristic of American society? 3/25/08 |
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Risk
It's a risk to stand up for what we believe to be the truth. It's a risk to have faith in someone and hope
that that someone helps us in our time of need. 4/1/08 |
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How the Leftist Churches Set a Time Bomb for the Democrats
Until the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Senator Obama’s spiritual mentor in Black Liberation Theology, popped out of the woodwork,
I didn’t even know about BLT — Black Liberation Theology. 3/26/08 |
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Science, Bible agree: Giving is better
The Bible counsels misers that it’s better to give than to receive. Science agrees. People who made gifts to
others or to charities reported they were happier than folks who didn’t share, according to a report in Friday’s issue of
the journal Science. 3/20/08 |
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Terrorists, Marxists, Leftists and the Democrats
If we let the Democrats undermine our alliance with Colombia to appease the far left, no international
agreement is safe. Foreign policy becomes just another political tool and our alliances merely matters of political
convenience. 3/10/08 |
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The Second Coming
At the Ascension of Jesus, the angels were head saying: “Why do you stand looking into Heaven? This Jesus will
come in the same way as you saw Him go into heaven.” What do the Church Fathers teach us about the “Second Coming?”
Mar. 2008 |
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Debate on Euthanasia, Dialogue between Christianity and Secular Humanism
The recent debate on euthanasia is impossible to examine apart from the main problems in the dialogue between
the religious world-view and Western secular humanism over the values which should lie at the foundation of the ‘new world
order.’. 3/14/08 |
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Homeschooling and Parental Rights Under Attack in California
Declaring that “parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children,” the Second District
Court of Appeal for the state of California recently issued a ruling that effectively bans families from homeschooling their
children and threatens parents with criminal penalties for daring to do so. 3/12/08 |
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Homeschoolers’ setback sends shock waves through state
A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents without teaching credentials sent
shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000 children as possible truants and their parents at risk
of prosecution. 3/7/08 |
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The Liberal Jihad
This jihad has already taken place in the vast majority of mainline Protestant denominations where liberal
theology has stripped Jesus Christ of His divinity and unique role in salvation. 3/5/08 |
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The Greek Orthodox Church in America - Dead or Alive?
In looking at the Greek Orthodox Church in America over the past several decades, the lack of growth raises
several questions. 3/5/08 |
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Humility And Purity Of Heart: A Lenten Reflection
Only someone who is humble can follow the prescription of the spiritual Church Fathers who point out that
discrimination and watchfulness are the way to achieve purity of heart. For someone proud, this exercise will be useless.
3/5/08 |
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Obama: Sermon on Mount Justifies Same-Sex Unions
Sen. Obama told a crowd at Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio, that he believes the Sermon on the Mount
justifies his support for legal recognition of same-sex unions. He also told the crowd that his position in favor of legalized
abortion does not make him “less Christian.” 3/3/08 |
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What’s “Just” about Taxes?
Everywhere, it seems, tax is in the news. At least two U.S. presidential candidates have signaled their
intention to raise taxes on higher-income earners and specifically target oil companies if they are elected. 3/5/08 |
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The Fallacy of Shared Values
At a time when 40% of young Muslims in the United Kingdom want to impose sharia law on the country and 36%
favor executing apostates of Islam, the head of the Church of England called for the selective application of sharia law in
Britain in the interest of social cohesion. 3/1/08 |
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Liberty a Gift, Socialism a Disease
Liberty is a gift from God. Socialism is a disease invented by man. 2/22/08 |
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They live out her racist vision
Covert investigation by UCLA students finds Planned Parenthood still wedded to founder’s bigoted views.
3/2/08 |
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Judge orders homeschoolers into government education
A California court has ruled that several children in one homeschool family must be enrolled in a public
school or “legally qualified” private school, and must attend, sending ripples of shock into the nation’s homeschooling
advocates. 2/29/08 |
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Academic Gibberish And The Hermeneutics Of Mistrust
Overwhelming evidence attests to the liberal tilt on our college campuses. Studies show that the faculty at
most mainstream institutions are overwhelmingly registered with the Democratic party and give a disproportionate share of
their political donations to left-leaning candidates. 2/21/08 |
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Forget global warming: Welcome to the new Ice Age
The U.S. National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) reported that many American cities and towns suffered record
cold temperatures in January and early February. According to the NCDC, the average temperature in January “was -0.3 F cooler
than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average.” 2/25/08 |
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The Church of Global Warming
The imploding National Council of Churches (NCC) is always flailing about for a new raison d’etre. This month,
it took its Global Warming alarmism to Northern Ireland , where it hopes that fears about a climate catastrophe will
“inform the peace and reconciliation process.” 2/21/08 |
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Liberal Christianity Will Not Survive For a Long Time
The liberalization of moral standards, initiated by some Protestant and Anglican communities several decades
ago and developing with ever-increasing speed, has now brought us to a situation where we can no longer preach one and the
same code of moral conduct. 2/13/08 |
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National Security At the Border
Three Afghanis were arrested Wednesday at an international airport in India’s Kerala state for flying with
forged Mexican passports. 2/19/08 |
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Flat Tax is the Way of the Future
Most formerly communist countries are adopting capitalistic and fair Flat Tax systems, while the US continues
with its socialist, unfair, and punitive Tax scheme. |
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Quotes |
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"There is no good trying to be more spiritual than God. God never meant man to be a purely spiritual
creature. That is why He uses material things like bread and wine to put the new life into us."
"We may think this rather crude and unspiritual. God does not: He invented eating. He likes matter.
He invented it."
-- C.S. Lewis -
Mere Christianity
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Mere Christianity
by C.S. Lewis |
| C.S. Lewis has created a masterpiece in "Mere Christianity." What I have heard about this
book is quite true. Lewis does make a convincing case about the existence of God. A must read! |
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A Jealous God
Book Review - Award-winning journalist Pamela R. Winnick exposes some of the more
unsavory and dangerous characteristics of the scientific establishment that have contributed to the erosion
of human dignity and led to the abuse of individuals for the sake of science. |
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Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
Book Review - Mere Christianity is full of memorable and powerful revelations that
elucidate the foundations of Christian theology, our relationship to God, and the meaning of life. Only
C.S. Lewis could summarize such broad concepts so eloquently without coming across as overly-religious or preachy. |
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The ACLU vs. America
Book Review - Despite its carefully cultivated image as a defender of individual "rights"
and advocate for "the people," the ACLU stands for intellectual elitism, hypocrisy, and a blatant disregard
for democratic processes. The ACLU, demands one set of rules for itself and the ability to dictate
other rules for everyone else. |
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Articles and commentary on Social and Moral issues of the day. |
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Spiritual Nourishment
Articles and essays on a variety of Orthodox Christian topics and issues. |
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Orthodox Articles
Essays, Articles, and Information from various Orthodox sources. |
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Key Characteristics of Great Leaders - Part I
What are some key characteristics of a great leader? While many books and countless articles have been written
about this subject, we continue to witness a significant shortage of great leaders in many companies and institutions. Here
are some essential traits and skills that great leaders must possess. 12/31/2007 |
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Orthodox Leadership in a Brave New World
Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse - Salvation is not understanding the correct theological concepts; it is not nostalgia for civilizations past; it is not formal membership in a long-standing parish; it is not social activism; it is not morally
appropriate behavior; it is not mastery of the moral vocabulary. Any Orthodox response to the cultural challenge must first
presume a recovery of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. - 10/3/2007 |
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The Task of Orthodox Theology in America Today
Fr. Alexander Schmemann - For the eternal task of theology is to refer the life of the Church to the absolute
Truth of the Church's own tradition, to keep alive and operative a criterion by which the Church judges herself. Immersed in human
history, the Church is always full of temptations and sins and, what is even more serious, of compromises and accommodations to
the spirit of "this world." |
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Of Mice and Men, Science Mimics Creation
As scientific research and advancements, supported by increasingly more powerful computer technologies, delve into the vast complexities of biological organisms, the handiwork and genius of their Creator become more obvious and irrefutable.
12/15/07 |
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Some Employees Are More Equal Than Others
Chris Banescu - Dealing with a dysfunctional work environment. - 7/7/2007 - |
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The Parable of the Missing Samaritan
Chris Banescu - A certain Orthodox parish was on her journey towards the Kingdom
of Heaven, but on her way she fell among thieves, who chased away the good shepherd guarding her flock,
stripped her of the fullness of life that she is called to represent and support, wounded her,
scattered her sheep ,and departed, leaving her half dead. |
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Separated At Birth
The United States is engaged in a massive experiment with its children, according to
Mary Eberstadt. This "separationist experiment" is designed to see how well American children fare
without much attention from one or both of their parents. [March 2006] |
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What Becomes You
The first Christian text on abortion is in the Didache (first century), which states,
“You shall not kill a child by abortion nor kill it after it is born.” The same teaching is found in
other works of the second to the fourth centuries, including apocalyptic texts where people face their
aborted children at the Judgment. In the fifth century, John Chrysostom calls abortion “something even
worse than murder” because it involves killing one’s own flesh and blood. [Feb. 2006] |
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Wearing the Cross
Our Lord never promised his apostles great success, or told them to count, or offered them
a concrete program of pastoral ministry. He just said, "Follow me, take up your cross, baptize, teach
all things I have commanded, do this in remembrance of me." He gave his pastors a crucifix, not a plan;
he led them to walk in his footsteps, in the darkness of faith, with his promises only. [Oct. 2005] |
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Kingdom of This World
George Neumayr - The gravitation of liberals to illiberal ideologies is uncanny.
The more illiberal the ideology, the more likely liberals will endeavor to understand and defend it.
Militant Islam enjoys the benefits of this phenomenon in this century, just as the totalitarians of
the Soviet Union benefited from it in the last. |
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Calendar of Feasts
Orthodox Calendar of Main Church Feasts from 2004 through 2012. |
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The Divine Liturgy
The word liturgy means common work or common action. The Divine Liturgy is the common work of
the Orthodox Church. It is the official action of the Church formally gathered together as the chosen People
of God. |
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Various Private Prayers
Fr. John Whiteford has graciously compiled on his site a large list of various
prayers. |
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The Seven Sacraments
Fr. John Matusiak and Fr. Thomas Hopko answer questions about the
Seven Sacraments of the Orthodox Faith. |
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In Spirit and In Truth
Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, by His Holy Glorious Resurrection, gave man inner
spiritual life, taught us to worship Him, and to serve God ‘in spirit and in truth’. |
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