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Conference on Married Priests in Rome — November 13th 6 Nov 2012 | 07:21 pm
Since I have often blogged on issues relating to the Eastern tradition of a married priesthood and how that has sometimes been a cause of tension between Orthodoxy and Catholicism, I thought readers h...
Church Jackers: Nominal Orthodoxy 6 Nov 2012 | 06:55 pm
By Fr. Vassilios Papavassiliou I don’t remember how old I was, but some of my earliest memories are of being held in my grandmother’s arms in a Greek Orthodox church in London. I remember the shiny go...
Crowning in Marriage 28 Aug 2012 | 11:38 am
A beautifully done short video giving an overview of an Orthodox marriage “Crowning” — filmed this past June at a Romanian Orthodox parish in Ghent, the Netherlands: For further reading: Crowned With ...
Orthodox Easter in Cameroon 19 Aug 2012 | 02:55 pm
A very interesting new video just posted to You Tube shows Pascha (Easter) in some Orthodox parishes in Cameroon in Central Africa. The video begins with Good Friday services and Baptisms in Yaounde (...
Orthodox Church in Ukraine Disciplines Two Priests & Forces Them to Apologize for Leading a Riot & Attacking Adventists 11 Aug 2012 | 02:05 am
Last June, two Orthodox priests in Ukraine were videoed in leading a riot against a group of Seventh-day Adventists operating a book table near Sevastopol, Ukraine — a video that quickly went viral — ...
A Sunday in the Life of a Pharisee 3 Aug 2012 | 09:23 am
By Fr. Vassilios Papavassiliou ”This church is full of hypocrites. Look at these people! They don’t care about religion. Slackers! Nationalists! Oh look! Here’s another late comer. Why can’t they get...
Rite of Consecration of Holy Chrism Video 3 Aug 2012 | 09:07 am
St. Tikhon’s Monastery has just put up a video of the consecration of Holy Chrism held there earlier this year. This is a rite rarely witnessed by the faithful and it’s a treat to see this preparatio...
The True Beauty of Romans 9 3 Aug 2012 | 07:44 am
By Thomas Seraphim Hamilton Romans 9 has confused many Western interpreters, especially since the era of the Reformation. Calvinists point to it as a plain example of the Apostle Paul teaching “double...
“Why Study the History of the Liturgy?” By Sister Vassa 2 Aug 2012 | 03:58 am
A very interesting commentary on the historical development of the Liturgy by Sister Vassa (Larin), given recently at St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, DC:
The Story of Hogar Rafael Ayau 10 Jul 2012 | 01:22 pm
The inspiring story of the Hogar Rafael Ayau, an Orthodox Christian orphanage in the heart of downtown Guatemala City Guatemala. The video describes the journey to provide a home for hundred of childr...
