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 […]
What Do The Converts Want?
by Terry Mattingly More wisdom from Terry Mattingly. Let us attend! It doesn’t take a Ph.D. in Liturgical Studies to tell the difference between a Southern Baptist church and an Orthodox church. You can get some pretty good clues just by walking in the door and looking around. But there are some similarities between the […]
Chinese Students Get Acquainted With Russian Orthodox Culture
More on Orthodoxy in the Orient! Teachers from the Department of Theology at Ryazan State University are setting up a program for students from China. The program called “Fundamentals of Russian Spiritual Culture” offers students— future translators—a deeper knowledge of Orthodox culture. Although the program is an optional course, it has enjoyed unfailing success for […]
Japanese Woman Follows Her Heart to Orthodoxy
How far is Tokyo from Larissa? By kilometers the distance is undoubtedly very great. For a young woman, who had the longing to follow the path of her heart to satisfy a great desire of hers, the distance was like an excursion in a blooming spring garden. It is like the excursion the then 29 […]
Mission on the White Continent: an Interview with Hieromonk Pavel (Gelyastanov)
We often complain about life: Public transport is really annoying… Where are all these people going anyway?… We’ve had enough of this rain… Why is this heat so unbearable?… What do they want me to do anyway? I’m fed up with all this shouting and noise and fuss… We could go on listing the complaints, […]
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