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Many moons ago, I got a Gmail account. For reasons now no longer important, I abandoned it and switched to a new Google account and it was ...

Christianity is not an ideology that can be learnt from internalising texts. It is a way of being and of living with an ultimate purpose. ...

St Phoebe of Cenchreae, by the hand of Suzanne Schleck O Lord and Master, Who didst not reject women who were willing to offer themselves, i...

When anyone is disturbed or saddened under the pretext of a good and soul-profiting matter, and is angered against his neighbour, it is evid...

Above is a video of the Great Entrance from the church of St Elias in Brampton, Canada. This is an Eastern Catholic church which serves in ...

I saw this report on the news yesterday evening. I was moved to tears. When the next sad story came on, I had to leave the room. I don...

Archbishop John of the Holy Synod of Milan has given his blessing for part of the results of his translation work of the ancient English off...

The recent bad weather has caused problems for many people, myself included. I visited a friend for his birthday last week and found myself ...

Fr Jovan Plamenac of the Serbian Orthodox Church felt that the need to travel all day to get to and from Patriarch Pavle's funeral shoul...

His Grace Archbishop Mark of Great Britain has given his blessing for the establishment of Orthodox communities on the territory of his dioc...

His Holiness Patriarch Pavle +2nd November, 2009 His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia reposed in the Lord yesterday, the 15th of November...

The Church typicon is a guidebook for training and schooling in prayer and the more it is adhered to the more benefit is derived from it. I...

My mother was black. My father was white. While he was born in England, his mother and father were Irish and French, respectively. The re...

In light of recent developments (to follow within a few days), I thought it would be rather timely to share these photos for interest's ...

Above is a photograph of what appears to be a portion of a statue. It has clearly been cropped from a larger picture, and depicts a subdeac...