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Orthodox Mission: Transforming the Heart of the World

October 18, 2011 Filed under: 3 Comments

by Hieromonk Irinei Remarks Given at the XII All-Diaspora Youth Conference Paris, 5th July 2011 Your Eminence, Your Grace, Reverend Fathers, Beloved Brothers and Sisters: In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: Amen. It is a joy for me to be giving what amounts to the first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General, Preaching Tagged With: mission, Orthodox, ROCOR, youth

Bursting The Seminary Bubble: Part Two

October 18, 2011 Filed under: 1 Comment

by Jerry Bowyer In this, part two of two, the author, who is not Orthodox, comes to a powerful conclusion. And a healthy one. You will see his logic, and why we have a Tent-Making section to this website. My previous article, The Seminary Bubble, certainly hit a nerve—remarkably so, given that i … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Seminary Tagged With: on line, seminary

The Orthodox Church Must Preach in Social Networks

October 17, 2011 Filed under: 1 Comment

Because I have some experience with this, I was very happy to see that some pastors are realizing what this means. by Olga Kiryanova Christ called upon fishers, future apostles, to leave their nets, follow him and become "fishers of man". Archpriest Viktor Gorbach, head of the Missionary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Preaching Tagged With: convert, Orthodox, pravmir, preaching, social networks

The Seminary Bubble: Part One

October 17, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by Jerry Bowyer The author, though obviously not Orthodox, is on to something important. Seminary is not simply theological grad school.  It is primarily a place of formation. Imagine an institution that requires its leaders to attend not only college, but graduate school. Imagine that the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Seminary Tagged With: seminary

Prayer In Quest Of A Spiritual Healer

October 15, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

St. Symeon the New Theologian

by St. Symeon the New Theologian "O Lord, who desires not the death of a sinner but that he should turn and live, Thou who didst come down to earth in order to restore life to those lying dead through sin and in order to make them worthy of seeing Thee the true light as far as that is possible … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preparation Tagged With: healer. St. Symeon the New Theologian, prayer, spiritual

On How Clergy Ought To Speak

October 13, 2011 Filed under: 2 Comments

by St. Ambrose of Milan The voice should not be languid, nor feeble, nor womanish in its tone — such a tone of voice as many are in the habit of using, under the idea of seeming important. It should preserve a certain quality, and rhythm, and a manly vigour. For all to do what is best suited to t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, General, Priest Tagged With: clergy, speaking, St. Ambrose of Milan

First Fijian Native Ordained To The Priesthood

October 7, 2011 Filed under: 2 Comments

This is an update from a previous report here. Though the original story mentions ordination to the diaconate, this video clearly shows that Dcn. Bartholomew was ordained also to the Holy Priesthood. On Saturday, 12 September 2009, Metropolitan Amphilochios of New Zealand ordained the first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Priest, Vocation Tagged With: Fiji, Metropolitan Amphilochios, Orthodox, priest

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