Tag Archives: Orthodox

Russian Orthodox Tell Archbishop of Canterbury: Ordain Women Bishops and Forget About Unity

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Damian Thompson blogs: There’s a quaint Anglican concept of the universal Church known as the “branch theory”. This claims that there are three main branches to apostolic Christianity: Roman, Orthodox and Anglican. It’s much favoured by Church of England clerics who … Continue reading →

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God’s Love in your Life

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

H.H. Pope Shenouda III  

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Time Is Given by God

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

What is more precious than anything in the world? Time! And what do we waste uselessly and without being sorry? Time! What do we not value and what do we disregard more than anything? Time! When we waste time, we … Continue reading →

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Patriarch Kirill with his Spiritual father

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

You see, even Patriarchs, the spiritual leaders of the Church, have spiritual fathers to confess their sins and ask for guidance! None is perfect or sinless! Source  

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The First Romanian Orthodox Church in Africa

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

Here in South Africa: Archbishop Damaskinos of Johannesburg and Pretoria and Bishop Petronius of Zalău in the Sălaj County of Romania laid the foundation stone of St Andrew’s Romanian Orthodox Church in Midrand, Gauteng. It is the first Romanian Orthodox … Continue reading →

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Don’t Wage your Christian Struggle with Sermons

Posted on December 29, 2012 by

Don’t wage your Christian struggle with sermons and arguments, but with true love. When we argue, others react. When we love people, they are moved and we win them over. When we love we think that we offer something to … Continue reading →

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60 Minutes on Mount Athos

Posted on December 29, 2012 by

 

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The Lost Churches of Russia

Posted on December 24, 2012 by

Haunting images of abandoned wooden buildings crumbling to dust in remote forests in Russia. More photos here. Richard Davies spent nine years tracking down  the lost churches, and produced a book with the stunning photographs.    

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Patriarch Bartholomew is Seeking to Reinvigorate Dialogue With Roman Catholics

Posted on December 15, 2012 by

In his speech to the Delegation of the Church of Rome headed by Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, at the Thronal Feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the feast day of St. Andrew … Continue reading →

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Anglican-Orthodox Relations Near Death

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

Moscow warns: Women bishops, gay marriage, and other innovations of doctrine and discipline will end meaningful Anglican-Orthodox relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) has warned. At a 26 Nov 2012 … Continue reading →

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