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For the feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs, I thought I would offer something in anticipation of Lent, and which also demonstrates one of my favorite sayings: You don’t become Orthodox because it is the best choice. You become Orthodox when you realize it is the ONLY choice. Now, no one will deny that this [...]
Things that make you go “hmmmm.” The Catholic churches of the Holy Land plan to observe Easter according to the Orthodox calendar, the head of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land has announced. The change could come as early as next year. Father Pierbattista Pizzabella explained that the change was prompted by a desire [...]
Announcement of the Holy Monastery of the Pantocrator (Almighty) By the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, “…in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.” (Acts 10:34) it was by His condescension that He invited into the Ark of Salvation – the Orthodox Church – Mr. Pawe? Wróblewski, the Polish [...]
By passport he is George. His baptized name is Vasily. He often signs his correspondence using names pen names Georgy Georgiyevitch and Alexander after his favorite Russian Emperor Alexander the Third. A former American programmer, now a toiler of the Pochayev Laura Monastery found his spiritual Motherland in Russia. In interview to Vitaly and Valentina [...]
by Nektarios In the Name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God. Growing up I was raised no particular religion and like most modern American families, religion or spirituality in general never played a role in my life up to this particular point in my young life. My father [...]
By Thom Nickels The word ‘orthodoxy’ can conjure up foul associations. There’s Bertrand Russell’s famous quote, “Orthodoxy is the grave of intelligence,” which covers any sort of rigid or right thinking at the expense of creative thought. Orthodoxy (lower case) implies a strict adherence to tradition against which Modernism doesn’t stand a chance. In Judaism, [...]
Faithful readers of Journey To Orthodoxy: the following appeared this evening on the Preachers Institute and is available to you as well. A venerable text on the formation of preachers, called (not surprisingly) “On The Formation Of Preachers”is now available through Preachers Institute. This is a considerable text, loaded with Scriptural and Patristic quotes on [...]
by Misty Duke My journey home to the Orthodox Church began in my youth. I don’t remember the year, but I know it was a tender one. I remember an old priest in brightly colored vestments, a beautiful church with walls covered in icons, and young girls wearing headscarves approaching the communion chalice. Glory to [...]
By Konstantin Matsan Translated by Olga Lissenkova, Edited by Yana Samuel and Isaac (Gerald) Herrin A well-known theologian, hieromonk Gabriel Bunge, rarely gives interviews. He leads a hermit’s life in a small skete in Switzerland, never uses the Internet, and the only means of communication with him is the telephone. The latter works as the [...]
By Lance Goldsberry On January 31st, 2010, one day after my 50th birthday, I was received into the Holy Orthodox Catholic Church of the East at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. My chrismation represented a 20 year journey of studying Orthodoxy. I was raised Roman Catholic, and went to parochial school for [...]
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