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Christians are wanderers and strangers, citizens of Heaven
St. Tikhon Zadonsky 26. Stranger or wanderer Whoever has left his home and Fatherland and lives on a foreign side is a stranger and a wanderer there, just as a...
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Separation from the Gentiles – the Great Exodus
By St. Irenaeus of Lyon 1. Those who reproach the fact that before their exodus, at the command of God, the people took from the Egyptians vessels of all kinds...
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About the aggression in the Church
By Fr. Alexey Uminsky About the author: The Moscow Patriarchate has imposed a ban on the ministry of Fr. Alexey Uminsky, who is no longer the head of the Church...
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About Abraham
By St. John Chrysostom Then, after the death of Terah, the Lord said to Abram: get out of your land, and from your family, and from your father’s house, and...
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About the words of St. Philaret of Moscow about a bad citizen of the kingdom of earth
By priest Daniil Sysoev “Finally, we were shown the famous words of St. Philaret, which supposedly portray patriotism as a Christian virtue: “Didn’t the Bible give good education to the...
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“One should not be proud of either the fatherland or ancestors…”
By St. John Chrysostom “Why are you proud of your fatherland,” He says, when I command you to be a wanderer throughout the entire universe, when you can become such...
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Ouranopolitism and the New Year
By Saint John Chrysostom “...We must move away from this, and clearly know that there is no evil except one sin, and there is no good except one virtue and...
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Patriarch Bartholomew’s Christmas message is dedicated to the theology of peace
Ecumenical Patriarch and Archbishop of Constantinople Bartholomew dedicated his Christmas message to the theology of peace. He begins with the words of the 14th century hesychast, St. Nicholas Cavàsila, that...
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We honor the holy 14 thousand infant martyrs
On December 29, 2023, according to the Orthodox calendar, the Holy 14 thousand infant martyrs killed by Herod in Bethlehem are honored. These innocent Jewish babies suffered for the baby...
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Ouranopolitism and patriotism
By priest Daniil Sysoev “Ouranopolitism is (from the Greek Ouranos - sky, polis - city) a doctrine that affirms the primacy of Divine laws over earthly ones, the primacy of...