Prayers and Practice

How To Sep Up a Home Prayer Corner

How To Sep Up a Home Prayer Corner Parishioners often ask how one should set up a home chapel/prayer corner. We offer for your consideration the article bySerge Alexeev, and hope that in it our readers will find answers to the questions most frequently posed. The article has been abridged.   Where to place icons [...]

By |2020-07-03T10:05:52-07:00August 19th, 2011|Christian Education, Liturgical, Parish and Family Life, Prayers and Practice|Comments Off on How To Sep Up a Home Prayer Corner

Daily Prayer

Daily Prayer Fr. Peter Orfanakos "In peace let us pray to the Lord," the first petition of several litanies in the Divine Liturgies of St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great, in essence tells us to leave our cares behind and to actually talk with God in prayer. Prayer is the spiritual food that [...]

By |2021-09-06T07:33:00-07:00August 19th, 2011|Christian Education, Liturgical, Parish and Family Life, Prayers and Practice, Spirituality|Comments Off on Daily Prayer

The Jesus Prayer

The Jesus Prayer  Fr. Lev Gillet Online book of "The Jesus Prayer". A classic treatise on the Jesus Prayer written by Fr. Lev.Gillet,also known through many of his writings as "A Monk of the Eastern Church". 1. THE SHAPE OF THE INVOCATION OF THE NAME ... And Jacob asked him and said: Tell me, I [...]

By |2020-07-03T10:05:57-07:00August 1st, 2011|Prayers and Practice, Scripture, Spirituality|Comments Off on The Jesus Prayer

St. Theophan the Recluse On Prayer

St. Theophan the Recluse On Prayer From the Letters of Bishop Theophan the Recluse (Feast Day January 6th.) The Art and Science of Prayer (from Letter 15) You write that you prayed fervently and at once you were calmed, receiving an inner assurance that you would be released from oppression; and then, indeed, it was [...]

By |2022-01-12T17:42:09-07:00July 14th, 2011|Belief & History, Christian Education, Prayers and Practice, Saints|Comments Off on St. Theophan the Recluse On Prayer

Young People and Confession

Young People and Confession by Fr. Milton Efthimiou The motivation for this article came from a young teenager who heard me speak on pornography and drugs. He asked me if it was a sin to read "dirty books," and to occasionally smoke marijuana. I told him that he should go to his priest and that [...]

By |2021-09-06T08:36:29-07:00July 6th, 2011|Belief & History, Christian Education, Liturgical, Parish and Family Life, Prayers and Practice, Sacraments|Comments Off on Young People and Confession

The Church and the Family

The Church and the Family by Fr. Joseph J. Allen There are many sociologists and psychologists who say today that the family, as the basic structure of our society, is disappearing. At the worst, it could mean that the family as that basic unit is unnecessary. This the Church will forever fight. At the best, [...]

By |2020-07-03T10:06:09-07:00July 6th, 2011|Christian Education, Parish and Family Life, Prayers and Practice|Comments Off on The Church and the Family

Feast of the Deposition of the Honorable Mantle of Our Lady, the Mother of God, at Blachernae

The Placing of the Venerable Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos at Blachernae: During the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Leo the Great (457-474), the brothers Galbius and Candidus, associates of the emperor, set out from Constantinople to Palestine to venerate the holy places. In a small settlement near Nazareth they stayed in the home [...]

By |2021-10-17T15:49:25-07:00July 1st, 2011|Christian Education, Feasts & Seasons, Great Feasts, Liturgical, Prayers and Practice, Saints, Theotokos|Comments Off on Feast of the Deposition of the Honorable Mantle of Our Lady, the Mother of God, at Blachernae

Orthodox Prayer Book

Transfiguration Orthodox Prayer Book Compiled from various sources by Fr. Peter Gregory   Table of Contents Quotes on Prayer Daily Prayers- Morning Prayers, Evening Prayers, Daily Meditation Various Prayers- The Creed, Jesus Prayer, Prayers to Your Patron Saint, Prayer to Your Guardian Angel Mealtime Prayers- Various Prayers Before Meals, Various prayers after meals Prayers at [...]

By |2020-07-03T10:06:10-07:00June 30th, 2011|Belief & History, Liturgical, Parish and Family Life, Prayers and Practice, Sacraments, Spirituality|Comments Off on Orthodox Prayer Book
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