It’s not enough that we have real Orthodox churches at the North and South poles on mountain tops, in deep areas, deserts and more. Now the Orthodox Church will sanctify the bottom of the sea, with icons and everything – starting with a three ton Cross. Divers in Crimea have erected a large cross in the […]
Mass Baptism in Kiamba Philippines
On Saturday, September 26, 2015, nearly two hundred formerly Catholic Filipinos were received into the Orthodox Church through the sacrament of holy baptism, as reported on the Philippine Orthodox Church—Moscow Patriarchate Facebook page and the Philippine Mission of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROCOR) page. Despite massive waves that repeatedly knocked them over, Frs. Silouan Thompson […]
The Jewish Confessor of Orthodoxy
The Story of Aleksander Jacobson Commemorated September 8 (†1930) They hated Me without a cause John 15:25 I N THE YEAR 1929, in the frightful concentration camp of Solovki, beginning with the end of winter there was a great increase of scurvy, and towards spring out of 18,000 prisoners of the fourth division of the camp (the […]
The Vikings in Newfoundland: Canada’s First Orthodox parish?
by Fr. Geoffrey Korz “Where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.” – Matthew 18:20 The tiny community of L’Anse aux Meadows at the far northern tip of Newfoundland is distinguished among Canadian heritage sites as the oldest European settlement in Canada. Scarcely a dozen […]
Church Growth Orthodox Style
by Kevin Allen Church Growth Orthodox Style Church growth has become a buzzword in the Protestant and Evangelical Christian world. Being “evangelical” has tended to become a numbers game, and a virtual cottage industry has emerged to figure out how to grow churches. Books, seminars, research companies, seminary classes and church growth “experts” have developed […]
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