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• A Relationship With God?

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 524
  What is the nature of a relationship with God? It is commonplace in our modern parlance to speak of a “personal relationship” which is either redundant, or a way of weakening the true meaning of “personal.” I suspect that the modern meaning of “relationship” is in fact not capable of bearing the true ...
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• St. Nektarios of Aegina Sings (or wrote hymns)

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 524
  Today is the feast day of St. Nektarios of Aegina, whose hymn “O Virgin Pure,” is among the most popular modern hymns in the Orthodox Church. Here it is sung by monks of Valaam Monastery (in Russian). An English translation follows. Saints sing. O Virgin Pure by St. Nectarios Plagal First Tone (Tone ...
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• Gone to Valaam. Be Back Later. Snacks in the Fridge. Clean up your own mess.

  
  Smoke Rings — Authority: 106
  Posted in Life and Lifestyles, Orthodox Christianity, religion Tagged: church singing, Orthodox chant, Valaam Choir
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• Talking Theology

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 524
  I learned during years of theological study that it is possible to give a “theological account” of almost anything and even make it sound cogent. Of course everything that sounds cogent is not necessarily true. In my morning paper I read the following account from a local Church. It was under the heading, “Cafe ...
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• Patriarch Bartholomew: We owe our hospitals to Byzantium

  
  Ellopos Blog — Authority: 106
  How many people know that the modern hospital originated in the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire? It is widely acknowledged that the first hospitals were created in Cappadocia, sometime around 370 A.D. by St. Basil, Bishop of Caesarea. There had been a tradition since Antiquity of maintaining ...
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• Patriarch Bartholomew: Martyrdom is Revolutionary

  
  Ellopos Blog — Authority: 106
  In the early years, citizens of Rome saw Christ’s followers persecuted, tortured, brutalized, and murdered in huge numbers, throughout the Empire. In most cases, they did not resist the evil that was done to them – but rather, they went willingly to their painful deaths. Why? Of course they had faith – a giant ...
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• I Don’t Know About That

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 524
  A hermit advised, “If someone speaks to you about a controversy, do not argue with him. If what he says makes sense, say, ‘Yes,’ If his comments are misguided, say, ‘I don’t know anything about that.’ If you refuse to dispute with his ideas, your mind will be at peace.” +++ There is an element of this ...
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• An Open Letter to the Chemists, the “Little Old Ladies, and the Other Frauds Who Write To Me

  
  Smoke Rings — Authority: 106
  If anyone was expecting my next post (i.e. this one) to be full of spiritual learning, you’ll probably be disappointed, and might as well write me off now and move on to the next blog.  Maybe next time. This one is really, really long (over 4500 words even!)  and very boring unless you are interested in more tales ...
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• Wrong Turns and the Providence of God

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 524
  The following is, in part, a response to a comment posted earlier today. It seemed worth sharing more prominently, since not everyone reads comments. These are some thoughts on the Providence of God and its work in our lives. I think there is absolutely such a thing as Providence (not that we have much of a clue as ...
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• Learning to Sin

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 524
  This morning I had a chance in a conversation to remember Stanley Hauerwas with whom I studied in my time at Duke in the late 80’s (and early 90’s). This article begins with a reflection from a Hauerwas contention: “that sin is something you have to learn.” It is typical of his thought – startling statements ...
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• The Simpleton: A Short Story

  
  My Greek Odyssey — Authority: 91
  He was born with what seemed a perpetual smile on his face. His mother, in the throes of a deep depression and premature labor pains brought on by the execution of her husband by the Germans, had cursed God. And God in his wisdom had given her a son who the midwife had immediately understood would be a simpleton, a ...
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• Words from an Elder – And a Thought about Trees

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 524
  I am sharing here a few sayings from the Elder Amphilochios of Patmos, someone whose life and teachings I have heard spoken of before by Metropolitian Kallistos of Diocleia (Kallistos Ware). They are worth savoring. The quotes come from the volume Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit . I am especially fond of his ...
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• Four Characteristics of Good Orthodox Preaching

  
  OrthodoxNet.com Blog — Authority: 499
  The Preachers Institute | by Fr. Jonathan Cholcher | May. 29, 2009Orthodox preaching needs to be good preaching. To be good, Orthodox preaching must not only deliver good content, but it must strive to make the hearers good. Therefore, good Orthodox preaching is the Gospel (lit., good news) proclaimed and lived.Four ...
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• Not to Judge

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 524
  In a monastery there were two remarkable brothers who soon merited to see the grace of God descend upon each other. Now one day it happened that one of them went out of the monastery on a Friday and saw someone who was eating in the morning, and he said to him, ‘Why are you eating at this hour on a Friday?’ Later ...
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• The Argument

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 524
  Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God. For many years, two hermits lived together without any conflict or disagreement. One suggested they have a quarrel to see how others live. The other answered, “I don’t know how to start a quarrel.” The first said, “Look, I’ll put this ...
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• To Live Without Distraction

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 524
  Abba Arsenius avoided discussion of the Scripture, even though he was an excellent expositor. He was also reluctant to write letters to anyone. When he attended public worship, he sat behind a pillar to prevent himself or others from being distracted. Writing as I do is a great distraction (sometimes for me, ...
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• St. Demetrios the Myrrhbearer

  
  Ramblings of a Single Dad — Authority: 117
  Its October 26, the day that the Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Demetrios. Its also the third anniversary of the day I received the final order of adoption in the mail when I returned home from a Divine Liturgy celebrating this great saints feast day.I dont believe in coincidences, so I got the message loud and ...
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• Hopko on the Wrath of God

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 524
  I have a very high regard for the work and thought of Fr. Thomas Hopko, Dean Emeritus of St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary. He has influenced much of my thought for a number of years both directly and indirectly. I am particularly pleased that Ancient Faith Radio offers two podcasts series by Fr. Tom. It is a ...
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• The Geography of Hell

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 524
  The parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) has a long history of teasing Christians into dangerous territory. I suspect that many if not most Christians have more than a little curiosity about life after death. We want to know what happens. We want to know “how things work.” And this parable – at ...
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• Soul Saturday – And Forty Days

  
  Glory to God for All Things — Authority: 524
  In my early exposure to Orthodoxy, I became intrigued with the term, “Soul Saturday.” My family would visit an Orthodox monastery not too far away from here for their annual pilgrimage that occured on one of the weekends of a “Soul Saturday.” This is term from popular parlance - the more proper English title ...
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