On November 27, 2013, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople accepted the resolution to canonize Elder Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia.
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Matthew was a benevolent man who loved Christ and wanted to be His disciple. He was ready to follow Him, which is why he responded immediately to the call of Christ.
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by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos
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by Archimandrite John Krestiankin (+2006)
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Luke 10:25-37
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke
by Blessed Theophylact
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Protopriest Boris Molchanov
(The Orthodox Way, Jordanville, 1958).
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as it appears throughout history and in the present
by Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
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His Eminence HILARION
Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York
First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad
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Chris Hillman, noted musician, founding member of the Byrds, speaks of his life and conversion to Orthodox Christianity
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Starets Gabriel (Urgebadze) was glorified by the Georgian Church on December 20, 2012.
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Father Victor Potapov and the Cathedral of St John the Baptist by Tatiana Veselkina
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Luke 8:41-56
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke
by Blessed Theophylact
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VLADIVOSTOK: November 15, 2013
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His Missionary Legacy to Orthodox America
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They are called Unmercenaries because their hearts were not attached to material possessions and they offered their services without fee.
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from St. John Chrysostom, On the Nativity
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Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
Newly-discovered texts
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Luke 8:26-39
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke
by Blessed Theophylact
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A study on the anthropology of Saint Gregory Palamas
by Elder Efraim of Vatopaidi
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Archbishop Nikon (+1976) from his visit to the Holy Land in March 1964
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Hosted by the late Fr. Jacob Myers, a talk given at St. John the Wonderworker Orthodox Church, Atlanta, Georgia, May 10, 2012, by Fr. Peter Heers about the book he edited, "Elder Paisios of Mount Athos"
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Selected Quotes
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Luke 16:19-31
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke
by Blessed Theophylact
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Elder Sophrony (+1993) gave this prayer to his spiritual children. This version of the prayer is from Hesychia and Theology by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, who writes, ‘If someone reads this prayer in the morning with contrition and attention, the whole day will be blessed.’