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Sermon Father Aleksey delivered during the Pan-Orthodox Presanctified Liturgy at Christ the Saviour Orthodox Christian Church in Paramus, NJ.  Church as the Ark of Salvation
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 The second Sunday of every Great Lent we celebrate the memory of Saint Gregory Palamas, who lived in a distant 14thcentury. He is widely considered to be the patron saint of Christians who practice silence and stillness in their life. By the late Father Alexander Schmemann  A Homily delivered to the community at Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary on Forgiveness Sunday of 1983.
As once more we are about to enter the Great Lent, I would like to remind us – myself first of all, and all of you my fathers, brothers, and sisters – of the verse that we just sang, one of the stichera, and that verse says: "Let us begin Lent, the Fast, with joy." Author: Father Justin Patterson Source: Saint Athanasius Orthodox Church  In the English language, Orthodox Christians call the season of preparation before Pascha (Easter) “Great Lent.” The word “Lent” comes from an early English word indicating spring. Indeed, both the feast of Passover in the Jewish tradition and the feast of Pascha in the Christian faith, which is historically and theologically connected to the Jewish Passover, take place from towards the end of spring. For both the Jews and the Christians, these spring feasts herald the grace of God and, for Christians, Feast of Christ as the New Passover Lamb.
Rediscovering Ancient Christian Burial Customs for the Modern World.  How should Christian people prepare for death - their own and that of loved ones? No question can be more important than this, since death is the final reality of our earthly life.
Below are 14 links to the series of podcasts discussing death and burial from Orthodox Christian perspective. Below you will find a report Fr Aleksey gave at the Annual Parish Meeting held on Sunday, January 27.  How psychology is being used as a weapon against children.  We know that technology is have an adverse effect on our children, but how is it really is?
Практический самоучитель для делающих первые шаги или для уже забывших, что такое радость молитвы.  ПредисловиеЕсть темы, которые очень трудно поддаются описанию. Недаром один старец сказал: «Никто не может говорить о молитве, если он не молится. Если же он молится, у него нет ни малейшего желания об этом говорить».
Source: Translated by Bryson Sewell  I see a strange and novel mystery: shepherds sound all around my ears, not piping a barren tune, but singing a heavenly hymn. Angels are singing, archangels are dancing, the cherubim are hymning, the seraphim are glorifying, all are celebrating, since they see God upon the earth, man in Heaven. I see the One Who is on high lower because of His plan, the One Who is below on high because of His love for humanity.
Find time to listen or watch the podcast below. There are many hot button topics in our society that cause confusion, anger, and even violence. This podcast is not going to solve any of them, but the discussion that takes place can help us get a better understanding at least of some things that are happening. Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro join Dave Rubin for a discussion about religion, trans activism, censorship, the IDW, and more. To listen to this podcast click on the picture below:  Click on the image Or you can watch it on youtube: |