When Paul Murdered Christians

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Bible, Church, Feasts, Good News, Gospel

Paul once thought he was justified by God…for murdering Christians! But today, we celebrate him as a great saint…

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Come Together, Right Now

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Feasts, Good News, Gospel, Jesus Christ

Tonight, around the world, we begin the celebration of two great saints: Peter and Paul. But, it’s strange. Two great giants of our faith, yet they share a feast day. Why not a day for each one?

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Pentecost: the Birth of the Church?

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What do you say when someone starts singing “Happy Birthday” to the Church on Pentecost? Not so fast…

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Completing Pascha with Pentecost

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This Sunday, we’ll be celebrating one of the Great Feasts of the Church, Pentecost. Most Christians know this feast as the celebration of the Holy Spirit. However, not many of us know of the connection to the Old Testament Feast

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Three for the Price of One

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Christmas, Feasts, Iconography, Orthodox

Take a look at this icon. On the surface, it looks like a Theophany icon, but it’s so much more. How many other feasts can you see?

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Freed by the Cross to Act!

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We are free to preach our freedom all around the world because Exodus shows us the sweetness of Christ’s cross!

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A New King of Baby Clothes, Part 2

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Feasts, Good News, Gospel

The Death of the Theotokos is a major feast in the Church, but why does the icon of the feast depict her as a baby in a burial shroud? Part 2

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A New Kind of Baby Clothes

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Feasts, Good News, Gospel, Orthodox

The Death of the Theotokos is a major feast in the Church, but why does the icon of the feast depict her as a baby in a burial shroud?

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The Calendar Jumble

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This year, “western Easter” is March 27th but “Orthodox Pascha” is May 1st? We use the same formula to calculate the Feast of Feasts, so why do we have different dates?

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WHEN JESUS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY

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It is common to say that Jesus lived and died as a Jew, but did he? Perhaps we’re missing a part of the story? Come and enter deeper into the mystery of Theophany and learn how Jesus became “Christian.”

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