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Cовершается служба, не отмеченная в Типиконе никаким знакомHieromartyr Basil, bishop of Amasea (ca. 323). Совершается служба со славословиемSt. Stephen, bishop of Perm (1396).

Righteous Virgin Glaphyra of Nicomedia (322). St. Ioannicius of Devic (Serbia) (13th c.).

Martyrs Cyril, Chindeu, and Tasie of Axiopolis (ca. 304). Sts. Andrew and Anatole, disciples of St. Euthymius the Great (5th c.). St. Richarius, abbot, in Picardy (645). St. Calantius of Tamassos on Cyprus (8th c.). St. George of Cyprus (1091). New Martyrs of Novo Selo (Bulgaria) (1876).

Repose of Schemanun Agnia (Chizhikov) of Akulovo (1984) and Archimandrite Aimilianos (Vafeidis) of Simonopetra (2019).

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Paschal Epistle of Bishop Alexei of Sitka and Alaska

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Paschal Epistle of Bishop Alexei of Sitka and Alaska

Pascha is a time of spiritual abundance, a time of God’s great mercy.

Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon

Pascha 2024

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Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon

Pascha 2024

Standing in the light of the Resurrection, we glimpse the true and unfading joy of the life to come.

May Our Warrior of Christ Fight For the Maiden of Peace

Sermon on the Feast of the Great-Martyr George the Victorious

Hieromonk David (Legeida)

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May Our Warrior of Christ Fight For the Maiden of Peace

Sermon on the Feast of the Great-Martyr George the Victorious

Hieromonk David (Legeida)

We must always bear this symbolic image in our hearts, to have this icon at home, in order to remember that every Christian is first of all a soldier of Christ. And the most important battle that each one of us should fight is in our hearts.

Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad

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Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad

"This… day which the Lord hath made" – Christ’s Pascha – gives wings of faith to those of little faith and strengthens those who despair of life.

Paschal Message from Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

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Paschal Message from Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

The Saviour’s rising from the tomb transforms death into immortality, sadness into joy, condemnation into hope.

On the Christian Joys Stemming from the Resurrection of Christ

A Homily for Holy Saturday

St. Seraphim (Sobolev)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

On the Christian Joys Stemming from the Resurrection of Christ

A Homily for Holy Saturday

St. Seraphim (Sobolev)

Let us only love Christ, as the Holy Myrrh-bearers, the Disciples, and all His true followers loved Him. Then the Risen Lord, according to His promise, will appear to us or will show His ineffable mercy. Then He will abide with us, with all the joys of His bright Resurrection.

Holy and Great Friday

Irina Dmitrieva

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Holy and Great Friday

Irina Dmitrieva

But can we judge them? How do we, who live today, differ from the Jews who crowded together on that fateful day on the square in front of Pontius Pilate? What choices do we make today?

On Love for Christ

A Homily for Holy Friday

St. Seraphim (Sobolev)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

On Love for Christ

A Homily for Holy Friday

St. Seraphim (Sobolev)

Therefore, let us endeavor, beloved children in Christ, to depart from this tomb with true love for Christ, or at least with a firm determination to kindle this great and blessed love in ourselves.

Rwanda and Ukraine

Metropolitan Luke’s wartime notes

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

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Orthodoxy Today

Rwanda and Ukraine

Metropolitan Luke’s wartime notes

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

Now is a similar time. Also people who call themselves journalists, with the help of the media call white black, call for the destruction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, slander it.

Holy and Great Thursday

St. John Chrysostom, Archpriest G. C. Debolsky

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Holy and Great Thursday

St. John Chrysostom, Archpriest G. C. Debolsky

How many now say, I would wish to see His form, the mark, His clothes, His shoes. Lo! thou seest Him, Thou touchest Him, thou eatest Him. And thou indeed desirest to see His clothes, but He giveth Himself to thee not to see only, but also to touch and eat and receive within thee. Let then no one approach it with indifference, no one faint-hearted, but all with burning hearts, all fervent, all inspired.

The Source of Life

Sermon on Holy and Great Thursday

Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)

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The Source of Life

Sermon on Holy and Great Thursday

Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)

When something happens to us, whether joy or sorrow, the first thing we should do is thank the Lord in order to be united with Him and become partakers.

There Are No Petty Sins

Sermon on Holy and Great Wednesday

Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)

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There Are No Petty Sins

Sermon on Holy and Great Wednesday

Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)

The most dangerous sin is the one that we have neglected, about which we thought, “Well, never mind! There’s nothing so bad about it.”

The Bridegroom and Judgment

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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The Bridegroom and Judgment

Fr. Stephen Freeman

The sin of the world is revealed in the death of God.

As You Labor the Flesh, So Labor the Soul

A Homily for Holy Tuesday

St. Theophan the Recluse

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

As You Labor the Flesh, So Labor the Soul

A Homily for Holy Tuesday

St. Theophan the Recluse

As you labor the flesh, so labor the soul. Although the body and soul make up one man, often, as you know, the body does one thing and the soul another. Bring your body and soul into harmony in the works you have undertaken.

“Strong in God”

On the sixth anniversary of the repose of Archimandrite Adrian (Kirsanov)

Maria Pukhova

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“Strong in God”

On the sixth anniversary of the repose of Archimandrite Adrian (Kirsanov)

Maria Pukhova

When we honor the saints, we first of all glorify the Lord, Who chose and sanctified them and dwells in them as in His temples not made by hands.

Situating the Patriarch Joseph in History

Matthew Hartley

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Situating the Patriarch Joseph in History

Matthew Hartley

On Monday of Holy Week the Church commemorates the holy Patriarch Joseph of Egypt. His story is one of the most familiar and beloved in the entire Old Testament.

What Is the Fig Tree’s Fault?

Sermon on Holy and Great Monday

Hieromonk Spyridon (Dorosh)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

What Is the Fig Tree’s Fault?

Sermon on Holy and Great Monday

Hieromonk Spyridon (Dorosh)

Every creature in the world has its God-given purpose and mission.

Behold, Thy King Cometh Unto Thee…

Homily for Palm Sunday

St. Nikolai (Mogilevsky) of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Behold, Thy King Cometh Unto Thee…

Homily for Palm Sunday

St. Nikolai (Mogilevsky) of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan

Will you really, for the sake of your household affairs, leave the Sufferer alone and not share in His sorrows, not respond to His call?!

Homily on Lazarus Saturday

Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Homily on Lazarus Saturday

Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)

“I am the Resurrection and the Life,” Christ said also to us. He is the source of our resurrection.

Psychologist Anna Mustafina:
Bring Back the Recognition of a Mother’s Job

Anna Mustafina

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Marriage and Family

Psychologist Anna Mustafina:
Bring Back the Recognition of a Mother’s Job

Anna Mustafina

All men of genius, pathfinders, and military leaders had mothers who delivered, loved, and took care of them.

Following the Example of the Good Thief

Sermon on Sunday Evening of the Third Week of Lent

Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Following the Example of the Good Thief

Sermon on Sunday Evening of the Third Week of Lent

Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)

May God grant us all to try to justify people, pray for them and implore God, saying, in Thy Kingdom remember us, O Lord, when Thou comest into Thy Kingdom.”

Orthodox Mongolia: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Part 3: From the 1990s to the present; overview

Priest Vladislav Terentyev

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Orthodoxy Today

Orthodox Mongolia: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Part 3: From the 1990s to the present; overview

Priest Vladislav Terentyev

During the Divine Liturgy, the Great Litany and antiphons began to be proclaimed and sung in Mongolian, the Epistles and the Gospel are read in three languages: Church Slavonic, Mongolian and English.

Orthodox Mongolia: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Part 2: From the 1990s to the present

Priest Vladislav Terentyev

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Orthodoxy Today

Orthodox Mongolia: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Part 2: From the 1990s to the present

Priest Vladislav Terentyev

The key event in the life of the parish was the construction of the Holy Trinity Church in Ulaanbaatar in 2006-2009, which is still the only Orthodox church in the whole country.

“Victory Over Yourself Is The Greatest Achievement”

Bishop Porfiry of Lida and Smorgon on asceticism in the lives of modern Christians

Bishop Porfiry of Lida and Smorgon

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

“Victory Over Yourself Is The Greatest Achievement”

Bishop Porfiry of Lida and Smorgon on asceticism in the lives of modern Christians

Bishop Porfiry of Lida and Smorgon

If you long for God, then there can be no insurmountable obstacles on your path.

Travel Notes. Jericho

Irina Dmitrieva

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Churches and Monasteries

Travel Notes. Jericho

Irina Dmitrieva

Jericho has a glorious history. We read in the Old Testament that it was the first city captured by the Israelites led by Joshua on entering the Promised Land.

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