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Friday, April 26, 2013

Traveling Companions

On a new "Ex Libris," the podcast of Conciliar Press, Bobby Maddex interviews Christopher Moorey, the author of Traveling Companions: Walking with the Saints of the Church.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

On "Raising Saints," Elissa Bjeletich, the Sunday School Director at Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Austin, Texas, encourages parents and Sunday school teachers to stress the importance of Pascha by sharing in its fullness the story that leads up to Christ's Resurrection.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

In the Valley of the Shadow of Death

Fr. David Alexander, an Antiochian priest and chaplain with the United States Marine Corps, has returned to Afghanistan. As he did three years ago, he will be giving us a window into life with his Marines and his struggle to be a shepherd in their midst. Here he describes what it was like to leave his family on this particular deployment.

Mother Christophora - The Monastic Saints of Great Lent

Mother Christophora spoke at the Pan-Orthodox Sunday Lenten Vespers service for the Youngstown, OH area about the monastic saints commemorated on the Sundays of Lent and then spoke about a contemporary monastic, Mother Alexandra and what she might have to say to us today.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Pray for Kidnapped Bishops!

The Antiochian website is reporting the kidnapping of Metropolitan Paul (Yazigi) of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese Of Aleppo, the brother of His Beatitude Patriarch John X, as well as Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim of the Syriac Archdiocese of Aleppo. They were abducted by terrorists in a suburb of Aleppo. Please pray for their safe release.