The Commemoration of the Brutal Slaughter of Orthodox Christians Under Kurdish Hordes in Diarbekir of Asia Minor was established by the Patriarchate of Alexandria in 1896, to be remembered on June 30th. Because of its territorial losses in the Balkans due to the Russian intervention and the rise of Armenian nationalism, Turkey began a policy of systematic extermination of its …
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The sunsets and sunrises in this rural, southern part of Holland emanate mystical shades of effervescent pink, a manifestation which has drawn many an artist to these lowlands. And if one were to search all over Holland, it would be difficult to find a place more suitable for a monastery than this patch of land, an unusual expanse in a …
Read More »In the following catechetical lectures, Fr James Bernstein explains various points of Orthodox Christian liturgical life and worship such as the meaning and use of icons and so forth. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cChY7OW27G4] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62GLnWgwxUE] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN24g4LUWvU] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiVp48HG6uI] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNxzK6kRZ4c] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eg5T20VClI] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrcrjPiXk4] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvQJ1o_kywg] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGqBBgq7s_I] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kIb8hWpY7M] In the following lectures given at the Antiochian Orthodox parish of Prophet Elijah in Oklahoma City, Fr James speaks about his …
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By Fr. Barnabas Nair Greetings to all my beloved Orthodox Christians. I am Fr. Barnabas from Labasa, the second largest island in Fiji. I am taking the opportunity to convey to you how I found the truth in the Orthodox Church. When I first met His Eminence Mr. Amphilochios on my island Vanua Levu in the city of Savusavu it …
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SOURCE: The Weblog Of John Sanidopoulos Ahmed was born and raised in a village in Afghanistan in the middle of war. His childhood memories are dust, poverty, and compulsory Islamic education in the sacred writings and war. “I do not remember anymore who fought whom, however there was constant warfare.” For years he worked for the Taliban doing various things. …
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By Nick Pandazis, (BTh – Athens University). Author’s Note: Contrary to public belief, the origin and figure that inspired the present worldly celebration of “Valentine’s Day, was not any of the priest-martyrs named Valentine, who belonged to the early (then canonical) Church of Rome. The figure who actually inspired this day was a 17th century “revolutionary” who later became a …
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You who love instruction, and are eager to listen, receive once again the sacred words: delight yourselves in the honey of wisdom; for so it is written, “Good words are honeycombs, and their sweetness is the healing of the soul.” For the labour of the bees is very sweet, and benefits in many ways the soul of man: but the …
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ModeOfLife Become love as God exhorts us, for this is the true starting point for changing your life and the world. For it is love that will bring respect, justice and equity into the world, not our personal opinion of what justice or equity is.