A bronze statue of Jesus Christ, taller than the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, has appeared in war-torn Syria. The statue, entitled “I Have Come to Save the World” was apparently the brainchild of Yury Gavrilov, a 49-year-old Muscovite who runs an organization in London called the St. Paul and St. George Foundation.
The Repetitious Character of Orthodoxy
By St. Nikolai Velimirovich In no other Churches are there so many repetitions, in no other so many symbols, as in the Orthodox Church. The whole worship is a continual repetition for thousands of years. In Byzantium was fixed the image of Christ, His mission, His worship. The whole system of belief and worship came, […]
The Status Of The Unborn: Again, An Orthodox Statement On Abortion
by Fr. John Breck At the end of each January we commemorate “Sanctity of Life” Sunday and focus our attention on the tragic number of abortions in the United States and elsewhere throughout the world. It’s a time when we again recoil from the realization that the highest abortion rates, as far as we know, […]
On How Merely Entering An Orthodox Church Alters A Person
by St. John Chrysostom Our father among the saints John Chrysostom (347-407), Archbishop of Constantinople, was a notable Christian bishop and preacher from the 4th and 5th centuries in Syria and Constantinople. He is famous for being one of the most powerful preachers of the Gospel in history and his denunciation of abuse of authority […]
Is Music The Key To Success?
By Joanne Lipman As the father of a very musical family (vocalists, bagpipers, pianists, etc.), I agree that there is something very powerful to creating music – for everyone, at any age. Multiple studies link music study to academic achievement. But what is it about serious music training that seems to correlate with outsize success […]
A Suggestion: “Foretaste of Christmas” Sunday
Four weeks from this Sunday is the last Sunday before Advent, and I’ve got a wonderful, grinchy idea. In preparing for the Nativity Fast, I’ve discovered something that I think is worthy of sharing, and I offer it to you as an early Christmas present. As Orthodox Christians, we spend 40 days before Christmas fasting. […]
Worship: The Origin of Civilization
by Andrew Curry Something the Church has understood for millenia. Glad to see others catching up. Looks like Robert Bowie Johnson might be right, after all. Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 […]
I Knew It
Something as awesome an ninjas… well, they HAD to be Orthodox. Now I have proof. Here is a young ninja-in-training attending the Liturgy with his mom, who is schooling him in Orthodox piety. What do you think? A new Orthodox meme?
Righteous Anger
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Anger is troublesome. Among Christians striving seriously to live the mandates of the Gospel, I wager, anger is the sin most often mentioned in the Sacrament of Confession. Alas, it also has a remarkably long shelf life. High among the problems attending anger is this: In the classical inventories of […]
Investing In Your Work
Many of you have enjoyed the many articles, sermons, spiritual writings and helps on my websites for several years now. It seems like the news is reporting nothing, but that things everywhere are getting darker every day, but I am committed to continuing the online work of nothing but good news – offering inquirers around […]