9 hours ago by fatherstephen

Orthodox theology is a “seamless garment”: no part of Orthodox doctrine, worship, prayer or life stands in a category of its own. Everything refers and reveals the one thing in Christ – our salvation. Even the doctrine of the Trinity, as utterly sublime as it is, remains a matter revealed for our sa ...

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23 hours ago by sowingseedsoforthodoxy

What is patience? That we should endure even as Christ endured, or that we should do those things, or that, with patience. Also, we should wait for Him, that is, that we should be prepared. For since He has promised many things, and Him himself is coming to judge the living and the dead, let us wait ...

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1 day ago by sowingseedsoforthodoxy

[As stated in my About , I want to tell the world about the Orthodox faith. Up to this point, my blogs have somewhat unorganized to do that. Now God has given me a more coorinated way to do that. I will be sharing articles from the Orthodox Faith. This will be a long series, but I trust it will be p ...

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1 day ago by mary@evlogia

Yesterday I was given this old photograph by a very generous man from our parish and I thought it would be fun to host a little guessing game on evlogia with it. (Those of you from the parish can't play, since you already know the story behind the photo.) Question #1: Who is the young monk in th ...

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1 day ago by sowingseedsoforthodoxy

[As stated in my About , I want to tell the world about the Orthodox faith. Up to this point, my blogs have somewhat unorganized to do that. Now God has given me a more coorinated way to do that. I will be sharing articles from the Orthodox Faith. This will be a long series, but I trust it will be p ...

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2 days ago by logismon

IS ORTHODOXY A RELIGION? by Protopresbyter John Romanides Many are of the opinion that Orthodoxy is just one religion among many and that its chief concern is to prepare the members of the Church for life after death, securing a place in paradise for every Orthodox Christian. Orthodox doctrine is pr ...

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2 days ago by fatherstephen

A comment was posted this past weekend about prayer and singing (or “chanting”). This article represents some earlier thoughts I have written on the topic. Over the course of this next week I will be largely engaged in another writing task and will only be able to monitor the blog once or twice a da ...

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2 days ago by Fr. James Coles

Icon of the Last Judgment You repeat when you want to insure that your listener, reader or student makes note that something is important. This morning I noticed that the Sunday gospel readings in the Orthodox Church match the readings for reading the Bible through in 1 year. It got my attention and ...

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3 days ago by sowingseedsoforthodoxy

[As stated in my About , I want to tell the world about the Orthodox faith. Up to this point, my blogs have somewhat unorganized to do that. Now God has given me a more coorinated way to do that. I will be sharing articles from the Orthodox Faith. This will be a long series, but I trust it will be p ...

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3 days ago by sowingseedsoforthodoxy

The sign of sincere love is to forgive wrongs done to us. It was with such love that the Lord loved the world. – Saint Kosmas Aitolos Filed under: Christian Orthodox Faith, Eastern Christian Faith Tagged: Christian Orthodox Faith, Eastern Christian Faith, Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox Christianity, Ort ...

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