"Prayer-the soul's breath- is of utmost importance in the life of a Christian. The presence of prayer in someone's life means that the person is spiritually alive. Without prayer, a person is dead..."
"Learning to pray is essential. We should master the skill of understanding the feeling of each phrase within a prayer so we are not simply reading aloud, but arousing and strengthening a prayerful spirit within us..."
Why Do The Orthodox Pray to the Saints?
"We know through the wisdom and experience of countless generations of Christians that there is power in praying for one another. For this reason..."
Why Do the Orthodox Have Icons?
"It doesn't take long for someone who is curious about the ancient Orthodox faith to be suprised by the plethora of icons covering the inside of an Orthodox Church..."
"Why is there suffering in the world? Suffering ultimately comes from sin disrupting the cosmic order, but..."
"One of the greatest causes of unbelief is evil...Evil things and events trouble us, and that is good because it means we are still in touch with our humanity..."
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Overview of the Orthodox Divine Liturgy
If you are interested in more information about the content and flow of the Divine Liturgy service this video will walk you though the basics of the service.
Proper Etiquette and Worship Practices
"The place to learn the externals of Orthodox worship are in your local parish...but this is simply a guide to help beginners feel a little less awkward when embarking down the Orthodox road..."
"Your prayer rule, your fasting, your alms and all other spiritual acts are gifts to God...Your asceticism is your gift to God. Our Lord does not expect us to give more then we have..."
Mysterious, sacramental, liturgical... just some of the observations on what Orthodoxy is..
New, entertaining, condemning...just some of the obsevations on what Orthodoxy is not...
Feeling Frustration with the Spiritual Struggle
"Some Christians will go their entire lives and feel like they do not have any visible progress in the spiritual life. What they do not realize is that with every step of progress..."
"To intercede is not simply to say a prayer for someone, but to also quietly bear within us their burdens"...
Heaven and Hell-A Different Perspective
Orthodox perspective on Heaven and Hell
"In Orthodoxy I'm confronted with an uncomfortable fact: the work of my salvation is in progress..."
"Once we begin to recognize our sinful state a feeling of hopelessness can easily grip the heart. But such hopelessness is not godly..."
The Vespers Service in the Orthodox Church
Vespers is often the first service that new inquirers to the faith attend. This video can provide you with more information about the content and flow of the service.
"Sometimes called the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Orthodox Church is the first Christian Church, the Church founded by the Lord Jesus Christ and described in the pages of the New Testament. Her history can be traced in unbroken continuity all the way back to Christ and His Twelve Apostles. For twenty centuries, she has continued in her undiminished and unaltered faith and practice. Today her apostolic doctrine, worship, and structure remain intact. The Orthodox Church maintains that the Church is the living Body of Jesus Christ."
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
The first Sunday of Great Lent is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy because it commemorates the restoration of the Holy Icons and the triumph of the Orthodox Faith against the terrible heresy of the Iconoclasts, i.e. those heretics who refused to honor the Holy Icons. For more than a hundred years the…
In the year 313 Saint Constantine the Great issued an edict granting Christians religious freedom, and officially recognizing Christianity as equal with paganism under the law. But his co-ruler Licinius was a pagan, and he decided to stamp out Christianity in his part of the Empire. As Licinius…
The Holy Martyr Urpasianus suffered in the city of Nicomedia. The emperor Maximian Gallerius (305-311) cruelly persecuted Christians serving in his army and at his court. Some of the timid of soul began to waver and worship the pagan gods, but the strong held out until the very end. The dignitary…
Saint Caesarius was the son of Saint Gregory (January 1) and Saint Nonna (August 5), and the brother of Saint Gregory the Theologian (January 25). After studying oratory, philosophy, medicine and other subjects in Alexandria, he went to Constantinople, where he became one of the city's leading…
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The Albazin Icon of the Mother of God “the Word made Flesh” is of great religious significance in the Amur River region. It received its name from the Russian fortress of Albazin (now the village of Albazino) along the Amur river, founded in the year 1650 by the famous Russian frontier…
Saint Vitalius was born in the Sicilian town of Castronovo in the X century to wealthy and pious parents, Sergius and Chrysonίkḗ, who raised him according to God's Word, and saw that he received a good education. From an early age, Vitalius loved Christ and the monastic state, which is why he…
