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Male Converts and Female Saints: Strong Women in Orthodoxy and in My Family
Fr. Philip LeMasters marvels at how central the balance of ...
Fr. Philip LeMasters marvels at how central the balance of the masculine and the feminine is to our Orthodox faith and spiritual life.
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Honesty
Fr. Philip LeMasters reflects on the parable of the Publican ...
Fr. Philip LeMasters reflects on the parable of the Publican and the Pharisee.
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Russia, Christianity, and the Olympics
Fr. John Parker, Chair of the Dept of Evangelization of ...
Fr. John Parker, Chair of the Dept of Evangelization of the Orthodox Church in America, comments on an Op Ed piece in the New York Times about Russia and the Olympics. An edited version of Fr. John's comments can be found in the The Post and Courier.
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Food, Sex, and Sports: Idols or Pathways to Salvation?
Fr. Philip LeMasters reminds us that our Orthodox faith does ...
Fr. Philip LeMasters reminds us that our Orthodox faith does not require us to abandon or condemn any dimension of life, but instead to offer all that we are and do for fulfillment and blessing and healing.
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Zacchaeus
Fr. Lawrence Farley explains how the running and climbing of ...
Fr. Lawrence Farley explains how the running and climbing of Zacchaeus should challenge us during Great Lent. Zaccheus left behind his pride for Lent; what will we leave behind?
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Stiff Backs and Firm Handshakes
Fr. Lawrence Farley explains why Orthodox Christians prostrate in front ...
Fr. Lawrence Farley explains why Orthodox Christians prostrate in front of icons of saints.
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Forgetting Christianity: Baptism, Sin, and the Devil
Nathan Duffy reflects on the Church of England's altering of ...
Nathan Duffy reflects on the Church of England's altering of its baptismal rite. Nathan attends St. Andrew Orthodox Church in Riverside, California, and works as a land and hydrographic surveyor.
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John the Scandalous Baptist
Fr. Lawrence Farley discusses what it was that made the ...
Fr. Lawrence Farley discusses what it was that made the Child of the Desert so controversial—namely, baptizing Jews.
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In Fairness to Herod
Fr. Lawrence Farley argues that Herod had more insight into ...
Fr. Lawrence Farley argues that Herod had more insight into the significance of Jesus than do most moderns.
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Re-evangelizing the Nation
With the Church of England just one generation from extinction, ...
With the Church of England just one generation from extinction, the call has gone out for re-evangelization. Fr. Lawrence Farley asks whether this particular church still possesses the evangel of Saints Cuthbert and Aidan.
