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A pagan at only 12 and totally agnostic by 16, Chesterton had the remarkable experience of developing a personal, positive philosophy that turned out to…
Remember, never to fear the power of evil more than your trust in the power and love of God. —Hermas, one of the Seventy
Eastern Orthodoxy, one of the three major doctrinal and jurisdictional groups of Christianity. It is characterized by its continuity with the apostolic church, its liturgy, and its territorial churches. Its adherents live mainly in the Balkans, the Middle East, and former Soviet countries.
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hierophage: “ Cover and inside fold of Moorish Science Monitor from the late 90′s ”
On this Sunday, in Orthodoxy, we celebrate the re-establishment of the Icons in the 9th century. All of the kids bring their icons to the church and process around the church. Adeline's patroness is St. Eugenia.
St. Photini, the Samaritan woman. You may know the story from the Bible, but Orthodoxy tells us what happened next. Her son, Victor, was a Roman general who defied Nero. She and her daughters traveled to Rome and spoke with Nero, trying to convert him to Christianity. Instead, he launched a persecution, during which she and her children were executed. Here, she is show with her eight children, all of them also saints.
by Fr. Joseph Huneycutt I’m a Southerner. I was born and reared a Southern Baptist; educated as an Episcopalian, and converted to Orthodox Christianity a decade ago. Since then, I’ve been strugglin…
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“I will never laugh at anyone for grieving over a loved beast. I think God wants us to love Him more, not to love creatures (even animals) less. We love everything in one way too much (i.e., at the...
Boris Kustodiev, a versatile and prolific artist. Portrait of a priest and a deacon, (1907) School in Moscow Russia, (1907) Easter Procession, (1915)...
