The shrine of St. Menas used to be for the Ancient Eastern Orthodox world what Lourdes is for Roman Catholics, a place where thousands of pilgrims would bring their prayers in distress and receive the grace of God in return, through the intercessions of the Holy Martyr.
Though the Shrine of Saint Menas was one of the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Struggling with Faith'
The Akathyst of the Holy Martyr Menas the Wonderworker
March 11th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: agios · akathist · canon · Egypt · eikos · English · Holy · kontakion · martyr · Menas · Minas · oikos · prayer · saint · wonderworker
Into the lion’s den – The passions of Fr. Gheorghe Calciu Dumitreasa
January 8th, 2010 2 Comments
I recently found this article on the wonderful website http://www.orthodoxphotos.com. Fr. Gheorghe Calciu spent 21 years in the communist prisons and was a symbol of freedom fighting for all Romanians. I knew Fr. Gheorghe personally in the last few years of his life. He went to meet his beloved Lord in November 2006. The story he [...]
Tags: comunist · fight · freedom · Gheorghe Calciu Dumitreasa · orthodox · priest · prison
The worshipping community
December 14th, 2009 2 Comments
I recently stumbled upon an older interview with Bishop Kalistos Ware, one of the most known Orthodox converts, and, with great pleasure I’ve rediscovered a passage that always struck a delicate chord in my heart. Here it is.:
“I first came to know the Orthodox Church when I was seventeen years old, just before I was [...]
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Two stories of violence
November 24th, 2009 1 Comment
In the last month two stories of violence against Orthodox priests caught the Orthodox news channels attention. One happened in Russia and one here, on American soil.
The first one you can read it here:
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/hundreds-mourn-orthodox-priest-shot-dead-in-church/390092.html#no
This is a most tragic event. A Russian Orthodox Priest who was outspoken against the Islamic religion was gunned down in his [...]
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On the spiritual Struggle – by Archbishop Averky (Taushev)
November 11th, 2009 No Comments
On the first Sunday of the Great Fast our Church celebrates the triumph of Orthodoxy, the victory of true Christian teachings over all perversions and distortions thereof- heresies and false teachings. On the second Sunday of the Great Fast it is as though this triumph of Orthodoxy is repeated and deepened in connection with the [...]
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