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Поститься ли, находясь рядом с неверующими?

11/29/2018

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Источник: Интернет Журнал Православие.фм
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В книге «Несвятые святые» есть замечательный эпизод, связанный с темой поста. Во время Чеченской войны русские монахи приехали на Кавказ, чтобы исповедовать и причастить местных православных жителей. Организаторы поездки решили отблагодарить священников за труды. Тайком от отцов была приготовлена сказочная трапеза, с дымящимися грудами жареной баранины и прочими яствами. Узнав о «сюрпризе», монахи ужаснулись. Во-первых, монашествующие не вкушают мяса по обету. Во-вторых, на дворе стоял Великий Пост, а именно – суровые дни Страстной седмицы. Что делать? Как пишет автор, монахи мгновенно поняли: если они откажутся, то нанесут страшное оскорбление хозяевам. И они ели мясо, и пили вино, и это угощение было самой радостной трапезой любви в их жизни.

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Infant baptism - how Biblical is it?

11/26/2018

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Source: Ancient Faith Ministries blog - Orthodox Reformed Bridge
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Author: Robert Arakaki
Question: I have a question. Baptists and Pentecostals say infant baptism is not biblical. Do we find infant baptisms in the Bible? I heard someone say that this practice started around year AD 200. Where can I find the earliest teachings about infant baptism? When is the first time the early Fathers mentioned it? What does the Orthodox Church teach about this? How can a baby be “born again” with no personal faith before he/she has heard the Gospel being preached? Or what is the point of infant baptism? What difference is there between Catholic, Lutheran and Orthodox infant baptism?
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Thanksgiving Day Sermon

11/22/2018

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If there is one civil holiday that Christians can totally sign up for, it is the Thanksgiving Day. One of the most important things we do in our Christian life is give thanks to God for everything.

We do it first of all during the Liturgy. In fact, one of the names for Liturgy is Eucharist. Which comes from a Greek word – 
ευχαριστώ (eucharisto), which means – thanksgiving.

We don’t have to wait for one special day in the year to give thanks. We do it every day - in daily prayers, with every breath we take, with every Liturgy we participate in. But to have one day as a reminder that all things belong to God, and all things come from Him, isn’t a bad idea.
 
Below is a sermon that was delivered by the late Father Alexander Schmemann, who did a lot in terms of preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ on American soil.

He died in December 1983 from cancer. The last service he was able to serve was Thanksgiving Day that same year. During that Liturgy, Fr Alexander gave this sermon (slightly edited for our parish use), which is in the form of a prayer, a thanksgiving prayer of a man, who knew his journey on this earth was coming to an end.
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Here are the words of Fr Alexander Schmemann:

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Life after death - a homily by Saint John of San Francisco

11/13/2018

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Source: A Homily by Saint John the Wonderworker, with comments by Father John Mack
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Saint John of San Francisco
Limitless and without consolation would have been our sorrow for close ones who are dying, if the Lord had not given us eternal life. Our life would be pointless if it ended with death. What benefit would there then be from virtue and good deed? Then they would be correct who say: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!" But man was created for immortality, and by His resurrection Christ opened the gates of the Heavenly Kingdom, of eternal blessedness for those who have believed in Him and have lived righteously. Our earthly life is a preparation for the future life, and this preparation ends with our death. "It is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27). Then a man leaves all his earthly cares; the body disintegrates, in order to rise anew at the General Resurrection. Often this spiritual vision begins in the dying even before death, and while still seeing those around them and even speaking with them, they see what others do not see.[i]

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A Heretical History of Halloween

10/24/2018

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Author: A. Æ. Hunt-Anschütz
Source: website of Father Silouan Thompson
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How moving in together makes it harder to know if he’s the one

10/16/2018

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By Galena Rhoades 
Don't slide into marriage; decide if he's the one.
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Prayer for the unity of the Orthodox Church. Молитва о единстве Православной Церкви

10/16/2018

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O Lord Jesus Christ our God, Head of the Church that is Your Body, who prayed for Your disciples to the Father, “That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us: that the world may believe that You have sent Me”: To You we confess that Your Church is one, and cannot be divided. We mourn for all who separate themselves from Her. We pray that You may make the schisms to cease. We do not put our trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation, rather, we put all our hope in You, and we beg of You, send Your Holy Spirit to guide our hierarchs, that they may rightly teach the word of Your truth, and that they may bear witness to the unity of the Church in all their decisions. Preserve us, O Lord, from the Evil One and all his attempts to divide us, from the machinations of governments, from the ambitions of fallen men, and from the sin of pride. Heal the wounds caused by our lack of love, and fill us, and our hierarchs, with love for one another as brothers in Christ. Keep us in Your truth, for Your Word is truth. To You, and Your Father, and the Holy Spirit: the Holy Trinity, the source and manifestation of all unity, one in essence and undivided, we give all praise, honor, and glory, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Господи Иисусе Христе Боже наш, Глава Своей Церкви, которая есть Твое Тело, молящийся Отцу за Своих учеников, “Чтобы все они были одно, как Ты, Отче, во Мне и Я в Тебе, пусть и они будут одно в Нас, чтобы мир поверил, что Ты послал Меня.”Мы исповедуем Тебе, что Твоя Церковь одна, и не может быть раздела. Мы скорбим о всех тех, кто отделился от Нее. Мы молим, чтобы Ты упразднил все расколы. Мы не надеемся на правителей, или на людей, в которых нет спасения, но мы полностью возлагаем нашу надежду на Тебя, и мы умоляем Тебя, пошли Твоего Святого Духа направлять наших архиереев, чтобы они правильно преподавали Слово Твоей Истины, и чтобы они свидетельствовали о единстве Церкви во всех их решениях. Сохрани нас, Господи, от лукавого и от всех его попыток разделить нас, от происков правительств, от высокомерности падших людей, и от всего греха гордости. Исцели раны, вызванные отсутствием любви, и наполни нас и наших архиереев братской любовью друг ко другу во Христе. Сохрани нас в Твоей правде, ибо Твое Слово есть правда. Тебе и Твоему Отцу и Святому Духу, Троице, Источнику и Проявлению единства всех, Единосущней и Нераздельней, мы воздаем хвалу, честь, и славу, ныне и всегда и во веки веков. Аминь.

English translation is taken from Orthodox Synaxis, and was slightly edited by Father Aleksey Paranyuk.
Russian translation is by Father Aleksey Paranyuk.
Русский перевод священника Алексея Паранюк.

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New bishop for Patriarchal Parishes in the US

10/16/2018

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At the October 15 meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia in Minsk, Belarus, members discussed the appointments of hierarchs abroad.

The Holy Synod relieved Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk from the Administration of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, expressing their gratitude for his labors and appointed him Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in Italy with the title "Bishop of Bogorodsk."
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The Holy Synod appointed Bishop Matthew of Sourozh (England) as interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA.

Source: mospatusa.com
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Sermon: Obedience to Christ or slavery to sin

10/7/2018

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Sermon delivered on Sunday, Oct. 7 based on the Gospel lesson from Luke 5:1-11
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Searching for an apartment

9/30/2018

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Professional man looking to rent a one bedroom apartment in the local area. Will consider lawn work and general handyman services as well as snow removal in exchange for immediate consideration.
Impeccable references can be provided.

Please call John at 973-978-8262
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