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Orthodox Christianity is a project of Moscow Sretensky Monastery providing Orthodox news, feasts, saints, theology, history and Christian encouragement in today's world.
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16h ago
After the Fire’s descent, the Patriarch passed the holy gift to the faithful who lit from it their bundles of 33 candles, per the age of Christ at the time of His Crucifixion and Resurrection ..read more
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3d ago
Sermon on Holy and Great Thursday
Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)
When something happens to us, whether joy or sorrow, the first thing we should do is thank the Lord in order to be united with Him and become partakers ..read more
Orthodox Christianity
4d ago
Sermon on Holy and Great Thursday
Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)
The most dangerous sin is the one that we have neglected, about which we thought, “Well, never mind! There’s nothing so bad about it ..read more
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4d ago
Fr. Stephen Freeman
The sin of the world is revealed in the death of God ..read more
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5d ago
A Homily for Holy Tuesday
St. Theophan the Recluse
As you labor the flesh, so labor the soul. Although the body and soul make up one man, often, as you know, the body does one thing and the soul another. Bring your body and soul into harmony in the works you have undertaken ..read more
Orthodox Christianity
5d ago
Matthew Hartley
On Monday of Holy Week the Church commemorates the holy Patriarch Joseph of Egypt. His story is one of the most familiar and beloved in the entire Old Testament ..read more
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5d ago
On the sixth anniversary of the repose of Archimandrite Adrian (Kirsanov)
Maria Pukhova
When we honor the saints, we first of all glorify the Lord, Who chose and sanctified them and dwells in them as in His temples not made by hands ..read more
Orthodox Christianity
6d ago
The newly illumined Orthodox Christians hail from various backgrounds, including the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Greece, Africa, other Commonwealth and European countries, and Asia ..read more
Orthodox Christianity
6d ago
Sermon on Holy and Great Monday
Hieromonk Spyridon (Dorosh)
Every creature in the world has its God-given purpose and mission ..read more
Orthodox Christianity
1w ago
Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)
“I am the Resurrection and the Life,” Christ said also to us. He is the source of our resurrection ..read more