The following are Christmas carols which are sung or chanted throughout the Orthodox Christian world in a variety of languages and musical styles. As one may note, Orthodox Christmas carols tend to have a deep explanation of theological teaching or re-tell in musical form the stories surrounding the Nativity of Or Lord Jesus Christ, or of the various other days …
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“Go and find out what this means: ‘I desire mercy not sacrifice’’ (Matthew 9:13). There is not an exhortation in the whole of scripture that needs more desperately to be pondered by Christians today than this sentence that Jesus says to the Pharisees after they criticize him for associating with sinners. Mercy and sacrifice produce completely different conceptions of holiness. …
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‘’My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9) To keep St Paul from being too elated by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given to him in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to harass him, to keep him from being too elated. Three times he besought the Lord about …
Read More »Delivered by Fr. Milan Medakovic In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: My dear brothers and sisters in Christ in today’s Gospel we hear the parable of a man that is in debt. He is called before the king that he is indebted to settle his account. He does not have the …
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In this gospel, Jesus teaches us that the only way we can overcome the evil in this world, is through prayer and fasting. The incident in today’s Gospel took place immediately after the Transfiguration. At the Transfiguration three of our Lord’s disciples, Peter, James and John saw our Lord Jesus Christ as He truly is, shining with the glory of …
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One of the greatest Prophet in the Old Testament is the Prophet Elias. He lived and prophesised, according to the Books of Kings (3 Kings 17:1 – 4 Kings 2:18), during the days of Ahab[1] (873-854 BC) and Ahaziah[2] (854-853 BC). His zeal for true faith in the one and only God of Israel led him to resist against 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.