New Year. Old Prayer.
The Jesus Prayer... Every true Christian must always remember and never forget that he needs to be united with the Lord and Savior with...
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Dec 17, 20231 min read
Center of the Universe.
After Communion, the Priest enters the Holy Altar and places the Holy Things upon the Holy Table. The Deacon then holds the Holy Diskos...
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Oct 20, 20233 min read
War is Hell.
An appeal to the world, from Canonical Russian Orthodox Bishop, Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye and Melitopol, of Ukraine. Addressed to...
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Aug 16, 20233 min read
The Great Price of the Pearl.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner... Most Holy...
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Apr 16, 20232 min read
Trampling Down Death.
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing Life! Christ is Risen! Truly He is...
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Apr 14, 20232 min read
Father Forgive Them.
Great and Holy Friday 2023 "Then they delivered Him to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led Him away. And He, bearing His Cross,...
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Apr 3, 20235 min read
Confession. The Ultimate Healing.
What is Confession? A vast infirmary for healing the illness of sin. Confession is the oral avowal of one’s sins that lie heavy upon the...
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Feb 27, 20235 min read
Clean Monday.
The gateway to the Fast has been opened. The arena of abstinence lies here before us. Let us rouse ourselves with fiery eagerness, and so...
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Jan 20, 20233 min read
Is Piety Possible? (Part 1)
Make a firm resolution to do everything for the Lord, to receive everything from His Fatherly Hand, and make a special resolution to do...
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Jan 9, 20231 min read
Shine. Shine. O New Jerusalem.
The most perfect prayer. "...through the Cross Joy has come to all the World..." It is the privilege of the Orthodox Deacon to pray this...
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Oct 11, 20223 min read
Blind. Deaf. Dumb. Dead.
What's the point? Why this effort? Why the aggregating? The curating? The posting? Why publish Orthodox Wisdom for all who suffer?...
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Aug 17, 20222 min read
Immortal Medicine.
In the Eucharist, the baptized person receives Christ Who, in His Body and Blood, gives Himself entirely, not just as man, but also as...
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Aug 15, 20225 min read
He (still) Makes House Calls.
Christ visits us. He is with us. He is in us. He heals us. We pray in the Trisagion prayers, “Holy One visit and heal our infirmities...
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Aug 1, 20223 min read
Salvation through Suffering.
Not in flowers and gold, not in silver and precious stones is found the value of the Cross, but in the wounds of the Lord and His Most...
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Jul 31, 20223 min read
Holy Fathers of the First Six Councils
7th Sunday after Pentecost. Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Six Councils Martyr Emilian of Silistra in Bulgaria (363)....
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Jul 15, 20226 min read
Personhood and the Value of Suffering (part two)
Jesus did not come to eliminate suffering. Rather, He transformed it. He endured His Cross so that we can endure ours. By the power of...
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Jun 26, 20223 min read
Great Is Your Reward.
Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they...
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Jun 19, 20224 min read
Blood Becomes Seed.
The blood of martyrs, is the seed of the church. -Tertullian Sunday of All Saints - 1st Sunday after Pentecost. On this day, the Sunday...
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Jun 13, 20221 min read
In Brevity is Beauty.
Within our culture of noise 24/7 - a paradox occurs. Counterintuitively what garners the most impact is not who is the loudest, or talks...
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Jun 5, 20222 min read
This is Eternal Life.
Sunday of the 318 Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council - Nicea 325AD Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and...
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