What Are the "Gates of Hell?"(Sermon on the Triumph of Orthodoxy), Bishop MITROPHAN
"I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." . Immutable is the Word of the Lord: in truth the "gates of hell" cannot conquer the Church of Christ! But what are the "gates of hellInterview with Archimandrite Panteleimon, Founder of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY
In my prayers, I began to ask God that He led me on the right path.We bought a cow and two horses and began to work the land. We began to build a barn for hay and started dairy production. From our own lumber we prepared the materials for By Fr. Seraphim Rose Source: St. Vladimir Russian Orthodox Church How important commemoration at the Liturgy is may be seen in the following occurrence: Before the uncovering of the relics of St. Theodosius of Chernigov (189 By Rev. Fr David F. Abramtsov Source: St. Luke the Evangelist Orthodox Church Just as we love and respect our living brethren, so do we love and respect those of our brethren who have departed this life. We express our love for our depar By N.E.Pestov Translated by Zhanna Menshikova Edited by Alexey Axyonov All people we meet throughout our life may fall into several groups. Our lives primarily dependon people close to us, with whom we live, as well as on thoMETROPOLITAN ANTHONY ON THOMAS SUNDAY
By Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapotvitsky) of Kiev and Galicia (+1936) Source: Ora et Labora One can say that everyone rejoices when they hear the troparion of the Resurrection. But they sometimes grow bored when it is sung often. This hymn, By Fr. Sergei Sveshnikov Christ is risen! Dear brothers and sisters in Christ! All of Bright Week we lived in the Paschal joy in the risen Savior; and our joy, just like that of the holy apostles, was mixed with confusion: not By Fr. Michael Harper Source: Antiochian Orthodox Deanery of the United Kingdom and Ireland I hear occasionally from someone who sometimes accuses the Orthodox Church of being "foreign", and so unsuitable for the Brit By Douglas Cramer, Editor, Antiochian.org Source: The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America I've recently been spending time with an old college roommate, a man dying of cancer in his 30’s. He&rsquo Fr. Dimity Turkin Translated by Olga Lissenkova Edited by Hierodeacon Samuel (Nedelsky) At the end of the eighties I had not yet been Baptized, and I was just beginning to turn to faith and go to church. An acquaintance of mine f