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The long-awaited common celebration of Pascha on April 24, 2011 by all Christians has come and gone. It was in 2010 when this coincidence last occurred and will occur again in 2014 (then 2017, 2025, 2028, 2031, 2034).

There is a story about an old man who would sit in church for hours, without praying. When asked what he was doing just sitting in the church, he replied, "I look at Him, He looks at me and we are happy together." This story points out an important concept that the Fathers of the Church have stressed throughout the ages. That is the concept of "hesychia" or stillness and silence.

Recently, I was asked what we mean in the Creed when we say, “I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins”, and what this implies regarding our contemporary understanding of baptism. Although only a couple of words, there is more to this creedal statement than what we see at first glance

In the Orthodox tradition the Mystery (Sacrament) of marriage is understood as an institution sanctified by God. It is God Who is the Author and Celebrant of marriage; it is God Who brings two people together, making them one flesh. As a Divinely-sanctioned communion, existent from the beginning of the human race, we understand marriage to potentially be a paradisic experience.

The Feast Day of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most important feast day of the year for Orthodox Christians.

This year Eastern Orthodox Christians will be celebrating Easter on May 1, while the rest of the Christian world celebrates Easter on March 27.

O Lord our God, giving hope throughout each corner of the earth and to those far away at sea.

O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, despondency, lust for power and idle talk

Тур виборів президента суверенної України в неділю 7-го лютого (це ж 25-го січня на Юліанському календарі) 2010 р., випав на день пам'яті першого Священномученика атеїстичного більшовицького гоніння на Церкву, Святителя Володимира, Митрополита Київського і Галицького, який був замучений у той же день в 1918 р.

“Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.” (John 5:25)