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Monthly Archives: January 2022
Counting sheep – a catechism in the catacombs
I want to write about tombs, sheep and sea monsters… And yes, I know it sounds like the beginning of a bad joke. But in actuality, these things are related quite profoundly to each other. I want to draw your
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Tagged Baptism, Catacombs, catechism, Good Shepherd, Orthodox, Orthodoxy
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Yugoslavian refugees builds community in Telford
A history of the Serbian Orthodox Community of St Nicholas, Donnington, Telford Had it not been for the Second World War, Serbs would not have found their way to Shropshire and settled in the Donnington area of Telford. After the
Holy Scripture in the Orthodox Church – the Septuagint
Introduction The Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible are part of God’s revelation to mankind. The Orthodox Church claims that the author of the Old Testament is truly God Himself, but it recognises that it is equally the
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Tagged Holy Bible, holy scripture, king james version, michael asser, Orthodox, orthodox church, Orthodoxy, Septuagint
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Pilgrimage from Lastingham to Whitby
A few weeks ago we picked up a flyer in church and read that between 9th and 10th June Fr John and Presbytera Georgina Nankivell would be leading a group of members of the Community of the Nativity of the
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Walking in Wonder – Elizabeth White
Nurturing Orthodox Christian Virtues in Your Children This slim book belies its enormous potential to parents of young children. Elizabeth White draws on her own experiences of motherhood, her errors and joys of introducing a child to God’s wonderful world.
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A Lifetime in Pilgrimage: Archimandrite Lazaru
As far as English speaking Orthodoxy is concerned there are three individuals who have been at the “tip of the spear” for Orthodox mission. They were all monks, all became Archimandrites and all had an influence way beyond what would
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The Veneration of the Chains of the Apostle Peter
Veneration of the Chains of Saint Peter on 16 January VersesWe venerate your honourable bonds O Peter,Release me from the long bonds of my accusations.On the sixteenth I venerate the bonds of Peter. Herod Agrippa, the grandson of Herod the
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Tagged Apostle Peter, Chains of Saint Peter, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Saint Peter
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Saint Theodosios the Cenobiarch
On the eleventh of January, we commemorate our Holy Father Theodosios the Cenobiarch. VersesTheodosios abbot of the common life,As a common monastic you lost your life.On the eleventh the Cenobiarch departed this life. This Saint lived during the times of
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