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St. Basil the Great on Stealing from the Poor
H/T De unione ecclesiarum Naked did you not drop from the womb? Shall you not return again naked to the earth? Where have the things you now possess come from? If you say they just spontaneously...
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Anaphora Prayer of St Basil the Great
St. Basil the Great praying over the gifts In the Orthodox Church, the Liturgy of St Basil the Great replaces the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom on the Sundays of Great Lent. The parts sung by the...
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What is the Mark of a Christian?
St. Basil the Great Thus begins a series of questions by St. Basil the Great: What is the mark of a Christian? To be born anew through baptism of water and the Spirit. What is the mark of one born of...
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“Do you really think that you are doing nobody injustice by plundering so much?”
I have greatly enjoyed reading posts from Macrina Walker’s blog A Vow of Conversation. Here is a recent gem: H/T: A Vow of Conversation: Basil’s social doctrine was grounded in the conviction that all...
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Building St. Basil Orthodox Church in Kansas City
The story of building the church for St. Basil Orthodox Church in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Pope & Patriarchs: The 1848 Letters of Pope Pius IX and the Orthodox Patriarchs
Pope Pius IX about 1865 Shortly after his ascension to the papal throne in 1846, Pope Pius IX wrote the Apostolic Letter In suprema Petri apostoli sede, “On the Supreme Throne of Peter the Apostle” (6...
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St Basil the Great
On January 1st, we commemorate St. Basil the Great, who died on January 1, 379 AD:
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Metropolitan Kallistos: For the Peace from Above…
For the Peace from Above: the Understanding of Peace in the New Testament and the Orthodox Liturgy. Lecture by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware from the University of Oxford, given Nov. 14, 2011 at The...
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