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Teachings From the Church and Other Important Lessons

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Lamplighting Prayer Three

Memory is a powerful thing. Just about anything in our environment can trigger a memory,...
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Lamplighting Prayer Two

We continue our review of the lamplighting prayers of Vespers with understanding, and maybe more...
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Lamplighting Prayer One

Today we turn our attention to the silent prayers of Vespers. In the Greek tradition,...
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Orthros Prayer at the Bowing of our Heads

Today’s Daily Lenten Journey will wrap up our series on the silent prayers of Orthros....
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Orthros Prayer Twelve

We have been reviewing the silent Orthros prayers. Some prayers ‘just say it all’ when...
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Orthros Prayer Eleven

Human beings are the crown of creation. We are the only creatures on the face...
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Orthros Prayer Ten

It is too easy to think all Saints were always saints. Some of the greatest...
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Orthros Prayer Nine

Reading the Holy Scriptures is a part of every Orthodox Christian’s day. Either in the...
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Orthros Prayer Eight

Social media is overflowing with memes about sleepy mornings. We lie awake all night only...
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Orthros Prayer Seven

Something we struggle to embrace is that we don’t inherently know how to pray. The...
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Orthros Prayer Six

No matter what we may think, God is never the source of bad things in...
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Orthros Prayer Five

We all know that ‘one person’ who is always over-the-top in everything. Is there something...