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• The Good Confession

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 509
  I often think that the confession of the goodness of God is the bold confession of a martyr. We can all understand the stories of great martyrs, who, in the face of terrible torments, refuse to renounce Christ and are faithful to Him. Of course, sometimes their sufferings are short while there are others who suffer ...
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• Fr. Symeon: Danger of Christian Persecution in America

  
  OrthodoxNet.com Blog — Authority: 502
  Orthodox Forum | by Archpriest Symeon | Nov. 24, 2009On the one hand there are those who find it [the Manhattan Declaration] “shocking” and part of the culture war, etc. These are frightened that the document will be perceived as harsh and unloving, etc.. God forbid that anyone Christian ever stand in public for ...
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• Thanksgiving

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 509
  This year I will make the annual pilgrimage back to South Carolina to be with family for the (American) Thanksgiving holiday. Fewer of my children will be there – a mark of the maturing of their own families and the difficulty of travel at this time of year. The year is different as well for it will be the first ...
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• Manhattan Declaration – Religion Takes a Stand

  
  OrthodoxNet.com Blog — Authority: 502
  Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family.We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm ...
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• The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple...

  
  Charming the Birds from the Trees — Authority: 128
  After the success of our St Michaels Day Party earlier this month, Fr John and the parents of the children in church decided that it was time to start church school. Aside from one seven year old, the rest of the children are three and under. Because of this, weve decided to make our church school a sort of co-op ...
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• Beginning Week Two...

  
  Charming the Birds from the Trees — Authority: 128
  We finished up the first week of the Nativity Fast on Saturday night. Things have gone pretty smoothly with the readings, coloring pages, and candle. Weve found that reading before bedtime is not working out too well. Our children are really quite wild right before bed and are not able to listen and concentrate on ...
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• The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience

  
  OrthodoxNet.com Blog — Authority: 502
  American Orthodox Institute | by Fr. Johannes Jacobse | Nov. 22, 2009On November 22, 2009 group of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant leaders unveiled a document called “The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience” that affirms the traditional Christian teaching concerning abortion, homosexual ...
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• The Manhattan Declaration...

  
  Charming the Birds from the Trees — Authority: 128
  Read The Manhattan Declaration Sign The Manhattan Declaration
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• That Our Hearts May Be Healed

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 509
  The heart itself is but a small vessel, yet dragons are there, and there are also lions; there are poisonous beasts and all the treasures of evil. But there too is God, the angels, the life and the kingdom, the light and the apostles, the heavenly cities and the treasuries of grace—all things are there. (H.43.7) ...
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• Joyus Feast!

  
  Charming the Birds from the Trees — Authority: 128
  Today is the preview of the good will of God, Of the preaching of the salvation of mankind. The Virgin appears in the temple of God, In anticipation proclaiming Christ to all. Let us rejoice and sing to her: Rejoice, 0 Divine Fulfillment of the Creators dispensation. -Troparion for the Feast of the ...
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• Discerning The Break Forth Canada Conference

  
  Great Adventure Ministries, Inc. — Authority: 117
          Discerning The Break Forth Canada Conference Published November 20, 2009 by Pastor Adam Gislason Great Adventure Ministries This is a hard blog for me to write and let me clearly state that this isn’t just about Joel Rosenberg. This blog is about all Christian leaders who are participating in ...
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• Orthodox Priest Who Converted Muslims Murdered in Russia

  
  OrthodoxNet.com Blog — Authority: 502
  RIA Novosti | Nov. 20, 2009A Russian Orthodox priest, Fr. Daniel Sysoyev, who carried out missionary work among immigrants from ex-Soviet republics, many of them Muslims, received over a dozen death threats before his murder on Thursday, a Russian paper said.Fr. Daniel of St. Thomas Church in Moscow foresaw his ...
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• To Believe the Truth

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 509
  I have to confess as I begin this post that I find myself reaching for words. I reach for words to say something I know , but which is hard to express. To believe the truth is not the same thing as having a correct opinion – indeed the two have almost nothing to do with one another. And this is a great ...
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• Obituary for Patriarch Pavle by Srdja Trifkovic

  
  My Greek Odyssey — Authority: 104
  Let us guard against inhumans, but let us guard even more against becoming inhuman ourselves. – Patriarch Pavle As the Bishop of Kosovo, Pavle faced tribulations that were of different nature but similar magnitude. In seeking to win over the Albanians of Kosovo during his wartime struggle to seize power, Tito ...
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• Hibernating Until the Recession Is Over

  
  Smoke Rings — Authority: 104
  It’s been awhile since I wrote here, in any meaningful way about my work in perfume and incense, and I’m beginning to wonder if this blog has served the professional purpose.  I think it has and I will leave it up, but I unless there is something pressing to say about BPI or incense in general, I’ll probably be ...
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• Florovsky’s “Limits of the Church” Added

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 509
  I have added Fr. Georges Florovsky’s seminal article, “ The Limits of the Church ,” to the Pages section of the blog. This article is one of the most thoughtful and oft-discussed treatments of St. Cyprian’s statements on the Church and the limits of grace. Florovsky’s understanding both takes St. Cyprian ...
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• Troy Polamalu...

  
  Charming the Birds from the Trees — Authority: 128
  Despite being Giants fans, our favorite player is Troy Polamalu.How can you not love someone who has a great personality, plays well AND is an Orthodox Christian unafraid to share his Faith?!
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• May His Memory Be Eternal

  
  Mind in the Heart — Authority: 112
  My beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, Early this morning (Nov. 15), our Lord Jesus Christ called the soul of His true servant, PAVLE, Patriarch of Serbia, into His Kingdom. As I was reading names during the Proskomide for the Holy Liturgy, one of the sisters brought me a little note as to His Holiness ...
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• The Wonder of God

  
  Mind in the Heart — Authority: 112
  ‘There are many things I simply wonder at, but without fear, such as the beauty of Columns, a fresco, a body in the flower of youth. Again we wonder at the extent and unfathomable depth of the sea, but with fear , when we lean over its depths. It is like this when the prophet leans over the immense and unbound lake ...
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• In the Shadow of the Grand Inquisitor

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 509
  Perhaps the most famous chapter in all of Dostoevsky’s novels is that of the “Grand Inquisitor” in The Brothers Karamazov . It is a “poem” according to the character Ivan Karamazov, a fanciful tale that embodies all of the cyncism that Ivan can muster. In a previous chapter, “Rebellion,” Ivan had ...
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