The Death and Dying Resource Book and Prayer Book are available as PDF files: PRAYERS in time of sickness, suffering, dying and death RESOURCES in …
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The Nativity Lent
Why fast during Advent? A brief discussion of Nativity Lent Meditation on a bike ride This past summer I took a ride on my bicycle down a very steep, …
Death and Dying
Dealing with Death Americans have forgotten how to die! And perhaps without knowing it, many Orthodox Christians fail to realize the discrepancy …
Sermon on Galations 5:22-6:2 from August 28, 2005
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit… In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…and on the sixth day, God …
The Season of Paschaltide
Pascha II — The Sunday of St. Thomas (Acts 5:12-20; John 20:19-31) The Gospel of John is centered around seven wondrous “signs” which the Lord Jesus …
St Olympiada the Deaconess (+408)
Olympiada was born about the year 368, in Constantinople . Her family was one of the most illustrious of the capital: her father was a senator and her …
The Life of Our Holy Mother, St Mary of Egypt
"It is good to hide the secret of a king, but it is glorious to reveal and preach the works of God" (Tobit 12:7) So said the Archangel Raphael to …
St. Tikhon
Basil Bellavin was born into the family of a village priest near Pskov on January 19, 1865. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Theological Academy …
St. Herman
St. Herman was born just outside Moscow around 1758. As a teenager he entered the monastic life near St. Petersburg. We do not know the name his …
St. Elizabeth the New Martyr
Elizabeth was born in November, 1864. She was the daughter of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt and Princess Alice, a daughter of Queen Victoria …