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Reveal Your Shame for it to be Washed
The Lord scorneth the scorners: but He giveth grace unto the lowly (Prov. 3:34). Particularly remember these words when you go to confession. Nothing like pride binds your tongue to keep it from saying, “I am a sinner.” Humble yourself…
Sermon of St. Philaret of New York ON THE SUNDAY OF THE DREAD JUDGEMENT
The Gospel reading that we heard today during the Divine Liturgy begins with the words of the Lord “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne…
THE SACRIFICE FOR SIN
by Dr. Vladimir Moss In the shadow and the letter of the Law, let us, the faithful, discern a figure: every male child that opens the womb shall be sanctified to God. Therefore do we magnify the firstborn Word and…
Saint Macarius the Great, St Seraphim of Sarov and the Aim of Our Christian Life
by Reader Timothy Wakefield In the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Saint Seraphim of Sarov, in his now-famous interview with N.A. Motovilov, revealed a ‘lost’ teaching of the Orthodox Church. In…
If We Want to, We will Drive Away the Western Darkness
by St. Theophan the Recluse [Heb. 10:35-11:7; Mark 9:10-16] History flows on and, it seems, inexorably determines individual events. How many preparations there were to receive the Saviour!… At last, His closest indicator came, John, but what came of it?…
True Wisdom from a Kindergarten Child of our Diocese
In all truth, heretics are not friends of Christ as heresy is animosity with God. However, the delightful way a child of our diocese defended our Holy Faith is truly remarkable! His nun-teacher at a Catholic school was saying, “We…
The Lord Did Not Say, “Do Not Work, Do Not Eat, Do Not Drink,” but Rather, Let Not Your Heart Be Weighed Down With This
by St. Theophan the Recluse [Heb. 7:1-6; Luke 21:28-33] And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.…
A Reader of our Church Gives Solemn Thoughts on the Persecution of our Times
I have a thought that the persecution we face now is of a different type, more subtle. We are, in a way, protected by the unbelief of the many – almost no one believes in the Church, if they did…
