Prayer for the Prosperity of the Russian Orthodox Church

[Stolen from: Redeeming the Time {blog} Friday after Ascension, May 16/29 2009]
[Also found HERE in RTF format.]
O Lord Jesus Christ our God, accept from us, Thine unworthy servants, these words of thanksgiving:
For Thou hast given unity to the Church of Russia and transformed into joy the greatly painful cry of Thy servants.
Hearken now to our [...]

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The Ascension

On May 28th (Thursday of the 7th week following Pascha) we celebrated the Ascension of Christ into the Heavens.
“The Ascension is a sign and token of the Second Coming. “This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven” (Acts [...]

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May 11 / 24 – Sunday of the Blind Man

Tomorrow, Sunday May 24 (May 11, old style) is the 6th Sunday after Pascha on which we remember the healing of the Blind Man.
We also remember the special Saints of the days: Hieromartyr Mocius (Mucius), Presbyter of Amphipolis in Macedonia.
Saints Methodius and Cyril, Equals of the Apostles, first teachers of the Slavs.
Hieromartyr Joseph, Metropolitan of [...]

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Fifth Sunday of Pascha: The Samaritan Woman

Today we celebrate the Samaritan Woman. According to Church tradition, the Samaritan Woman was named Photini (Photina) (or in Slavonic, Svetlana). She was that Samaritan woman who had the rare fortune to speak with the Lord Christ Himself at Jacob’s Well in Sychar (John. 4). Coming to faith in the Lord, she then came to [...]

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The Venerable Theodore the Sanctified

Theodore was a disciple of St. Pachomius. He was born and raised as a pagan but as a young man came to the knowledge of the True Faith and was baptized. Learning about St. Pachomius, he secretly fled from his parent’s home to Pachomius’ monastery. St. Pachomius tonsured him a monk and admired him because [...]

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Losing Christianity

The USA is not so gradually losing it’s Christianity. As an inveterate watcher of news shows, I have been horrified, bemused and disgusted at all the attacks on basic Christian beliefs (and Jewish and Muslim beliefs, for that matter). I seem to have some company: Smart Girl Nation posted THIS yesterday (5/10/09).
Now, while I [...]

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“All the Saints Are our Elder Brothers”

St. John of Kronstadt
from: Orthodox Photos
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The ever-memorable Russian Pastor, St John of Kronstadt, in his “Thoughts Concerning the Church” writes: “Acknowledge that all the saints are our elder brothers in the one House of the Heavenly Father, who have departed from earth to heaven, and they are always with us in God, and they constantly [...]

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But You Don’t Look Sick . . .

This was sent in an e-zine I subscribe to (But You Don’t Look Sick). I highly recommend it to anyone who has, or who had a friend or family member who has, a chronic illness – especially one of the inflammatory diseases (fibromyalgia, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, polyarteritis nodosum, ankylosing spondylitis, etc).
My Roulette Kinda Life
I remember [...]

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