Manhattan Declaration Executive Summary

Religious Leaders Call for Civil Disobedience if Laws Don’t Respect Faith Saturday, November 21, 2009 2:52 PM A formidable coalition of 150 Catholic, Orthodox and evangelical leaders are calling on Christians in a new manifesto to reject secular authority – and even engage in civil disobedience – if laws force them to accept abortion, same-sex [...]

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A Serbian Poem – -

A Song of Defiance by Dobrica Eric English Translation I the servant of God, the Serb, announce willingly through chains and wires before the witnesses Power, Agony and Injustice, that I am guilty and admit my crime! I am guilty that I am a somebody and not a nothing and a nobody. I am guilty [...]

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Admonitory Address to a Virgin – Gregory Nazianzen

Gregory Nazianzen. ADMONITORY ADDRESS TO A VIRGIN. Parqene, numfe Cristou, (The Greek is of varied metre, arranged in lines of generally seven syllables each.) O bride of Christ on high, Thy Bridegroom glorify! Always thyself keep pure, In word and wisdom sure, That bright with Him all-bright Thou e’er mayst dwell in light. Far better [...]

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From a Friend –

“Christ told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man; and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, “Give me justice against my [...]

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Marriage: The Great Sacrament (warning: long)

The Orthodox Christian Information Center says, “Many Orthodox Christians with whom I have spoken, including several clergy and nuns, consider this to be the best statement on marriage they’ve ever read.” http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/marriage.aspx A Sermon delivered in the Church of St. Nicholas, Trikala, Greece, 17 January, 1971 By Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonopetra, Mount Athos Nobody would [...]

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History of the Orthodox Church – Part IX

History of the Orthodox Church – Part IX Here endeth these lessons! (But there will be more later!)

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Animal Cruelty -

I’ve been watching the Michael Vick situation from my rock at the Pond. Being Orthodox gives me a slightly different perspective on it. God gave man dominion over the world.  See The Ol’ Curmudgeon’s Rumbling on this topic. It is my opinion that too many people do not “husband” their pets or other animals they [...]

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