2 days ago by Nonna

It’s been a long week… it’s late… this post is late (as seems to be the new norm). I think that I’ll still catalogue my gratitude posts as “Multitude Monday” posts… but I’m not longer going to connect them to Ann’s blog. I just don’t need the extra pressure to “get it done on time”. Life is stressfu ...

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4 days ago by cjkdesignblog

Progress is well underway on a new Byzantine temple in Valley Forge, the home of St Sophia/ Ss. Faith Hope and Agape Greek Orthodox Church. After many years of planning, the Parish celebrated their long-awaited groundbreaking on March 6 th, 2011 with the sitework construction beginning a couple of w ...

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5 days ago by fatherstephen

St. Isaac stretches love and mercy to it’s farthest limits, occasionally beyond the bounds of canonical understanding. He remains a saint of the Church and his words are very important to hear. +++ Let yourself be persecuted, but do not persecute others. Be crucified, but do not crucify others. Be s ...

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6 days ago by fatherstephen

For those who own an Amazon Kindle (I got one for Christmas), my book, Everywhere Present: Christianity in a One-Storey Universe is now available. The price is discounted when compared to the paperback. Conciliar Press, its publisher, is increasing the number of titles available in Kindle format. I ...

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6 days ago by fatherstephen

Abba Poemen believed that the only time you could observe a person’s true character was when that person was tempted. From the Sayings of the Desert Fathers +++ There is obvious wisdom in the saying about Abba Poemen: it is not our strengths that best define us, but our weaknesses. In our culture, w ...

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8 days ago by Stavros

By Father Richard Demetrius Andrews M. Scott Peck wrote a book in 1978 titled "The Road Less Traveled"." The title is a quote of American Poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) who said, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Peck's book was ...

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9 days ago by 1389AD

Albanian Muslims just don't wanna have fun. And they don't want anybody else to have fun either.

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11 days ago by fatherstephen

Where does the Gospel begin – how do we tell the story of Christ? This question may seem too obvious to require an answer. However, it is increasingly relevant in what some describe as a “post-Christian” era. This reality came home to me years ago, during the first year of my ordained ministry. A wo ...

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13 days ago by michelle

Traditionally, houses are blessed annually on, or shortly after, the Feast of Theophany. The blessing of homes by the holy waters from Theophany maintains the spiritual association between the family church and the parish, as well as again providing for the sharing of God’s spiritual gifts… for it i ...

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14 days ago by fatherstephen

Let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, “That Thou mightest be justified in Thy words, And mightest prevail when Thou art judged” (Romans 3:4). And everyone deceives his neighbor, And does not speak the truth, They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary ...

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