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My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE MOTHER OF GOD – THE THEOTOKOS By Anthony Bloom THERE ARE two types of icons of the Mother of God. The usual type is that which you findContinue reading “THE MOTHER OF GOD – THE THEOTOKOS”

My Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. "Whoever prays carelessly, prays sinfully" [+Elder Efstratios of Glinsk] THE ABSENCE OF GOD By Anthony Bloom AS WE START learning to pray, I would like to make it clearContinue reading “THE ABSENCE OF GOD”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SPIRITUAL OBEDIENCE By Saint Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia “As flower comes before every fruit, so exile of body or will precedes all obedience. On these twoContinue reading “ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SPIRITUAL OBEDIENCE”

Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. On the 9th of October, Our Holy Orthodox Church Commemorates the holy Apostle IAKOVOS [JAMES], the son of Alphaeus. Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn. Third Tone O Holy Apostle James, intercede with theContinue reading “On the 9th of October, Our Holy Orthodox Church Commemorates the holy Apostle IAKOVOS JAMES, the son of Alphaeus”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn. Plagal of Fourth Tone In thee the image was preserved with exactness, O Mother; for tasking up thy cross, thou didst follow Christ, and by thyContinue reading “On the 8th of October, our Holy Orthodox Church Commemorates our holy Mother PELAGIA, the former courtesan of Antioch and Jerusalem.”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. "As for man, his days are like grass, As a flower of the field, so he flourishes; For the wind passes through it, and it shall not remain; AndContinue reading ““AS FOR MAN, HIS DAYS ARE LIKE GRASS, AS A FLOWER OF THE FIELD…” Psalm 102[103:15-16].”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. On the 6th of October, the Holy Orthodox Church Commemorates the Holy Apostle THOMAS. O holy Apostle Thomas, make intercession to our Merciful God, that He grant our soulsContinue reading “On the 6th of October, the Holy Orthodox Church Commemorates the Holy Apostle THOMAS.”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. Facing Rejection As A Christian “But first He must suffer many things and BE REJECTED by this generation” [Luke 17:25]. “For God did NOT call us to uncleanness, butContinue reading “FACING REJECTION AS A CHRISTIAN”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. DIVINE INSPIRATION "All Scripture is given by INSPIRATION OF GOD, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God mayContinue reading “DIVINE INSPIRATION”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS,IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. SAINTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT A Mother and Her Seven Sons Martyred [2 Maccabees 6:18-7:42] The Church’s natural and fitting Veneration of the Saints of the Old Testament is veryContinue reading “SAINTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT”