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The Sexual Revolution
View MoreThose of us who grew up or lived through the nineteen-sixties remember that it was during that time that the “sexual revolution” allegedly took place.…
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The Saint Peter and Paul Fast (Apostles Fast)
View MoreThe Orthodox Church has four main fasting periods. They are: the Nativity Fast (Advent) before Christmas, Great Lent before Pascha, the Dormition (Falling Asleep) of…
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The Pentecost Icon
View MoreWhen we look at an icon, especially a traditional one, we realize that it is not a naturalistic photographic image. Shapes and sizes, including human…
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St. Vincent of Lerins (died 445 AD) – Commemorated May 24th
View MoreSt. Vincent was a monk of the Lerins monastery on the Ile Saint Honorat, in what is now France. He is known for several things.…
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Saint John, Evangelist and Theologian – Commemorated May 8th
View MoreSt. John is call an evangelist, which means a person who wrote a Gospel. He is the first saint to be called a theologian because…
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Saint Athanasius the Great (296-373 AD) – Commemorated May 2nd
View MoreAt every Divine Liturgy we sing or say the Nicene Creed, so called because the first part of the Creed was adopted by the Fathers…