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By Kenneth Lowe Ginny Bartges kissed one of the many holy icons at Holy Apostles Orthodox Church as she entered the chapel. Such prevalent icons are just one of the characteristics that distinguish the Orthodox church, which has had a building in Normal, at 1670 W. Hovey Ave., for a decade. Though many in the [...]
From The Well Thought Out Life blog. You may recognize a few of these names. I promised this post a while ago, when I mentioned that I’d been reading about a number of converts to Eastern Orthodoxy, some that were quite surprising. Supposedly over 70% of priests in the Orthodox church in America today are [...]
This was just too good not to pass along. Our God is glorious! This is a glorious presentation! The presenters explain how the stories of Genesis are a part of Chinese characters and history. Glorious!
The recent visit to China by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has exceeded even the most ambitious expectations, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, said. “Even a year or two ago, only a few people could have imagined that Patriarch Kirill would visit China, that it would [...]
While the presence of Western Christian Churches in China is a well-known fact, many people are not aware that the Orthodox Church has also been present in that country for more than 300 years. In this interview, the webmaster of Orthodox.cn, Mitrophan Chin, tells us more about the history, current situation and prospects for the [...]
It seems to me, and I am deeply convinced of this, that the Church should never speak from a position of power.
The second Wednesday of Great Lent this year, March 14/27, will mark the 246th anniversary of the falling asleep in the Lord of the ever-memorable Colonel Philip Ludwell III, of Williamsburg, VA, the first documented convert to Orthodoxy in the Americas. Last year, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan [...]
by Protodeacon Christopher Birchall My first visit to an Orthodox church was in June 1968, when Archbishop Nikon brought the miraculous Kursk Icon of the Mother of God to London. I had no idea that this would be a special occasion in the life of the parish; I had found the address in the [...]
With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral), First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand. Fr. Cyril (Administrator) Fr. Joseph and parishioner Aaron Nameed Visited Capital City of Islamabad on dated 24-03-2013 and celebrated first ever Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy [...]
by Fr. Andrew Phillips “They were old men with no scholarship. They told me of their thoughts: the things they said within themselves as they sailed with the stars and with the wild waters about and beneath them. I have never heard fairer things than fell from the lips of those unlettered men. It was [...]
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