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Hands cut off by an angel 27 Aug 2013 | 08:40 pm
In many icons of the Dormition of the Theotokos, one can see a strange scene near the bottom: an angel invisibly cuts off the two hands of a certain man. What is the story behind this scene? Bewaili...
The Church in Rwanda 27 Aug 2013 | 08:21 pm
(OCP News) - With the Grace of God and following the strenuous efforts and prayers of his Eminence Innocent Bishop of Burundi and Rwanda, the first steps of the Orthodox Church in Rwanda began. On Sat...
Oh Sweet Lorraine 27 Aug 2013 | 07:36 pm
(RNN) - Fred Stobaugh isn't a singer, but he is a man who was struck by love and 75 years later, still hasn't recovered. Stobaugh, 96, met his sweetheart, Lorraine, at a car hop at an Illinois root b...
LGBT protest met with prayer at San Francisco cathedral 27 Aug 2013 | 06:33 am
(ROCOR) - Orthodox Christians Respond to an LGBT Protest With Joint Prayer of Clergy and Laity of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and the Russian Church Abroad Clergymen and laity of the Moscow P...
Bethlehem Icon Center trains Palestinians in iconography 27 Aug 2013 | 06:27 am
(CNEWA) - In a cave-like basement a short walk from Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, nine students huddle over Formica tables, patiently practicing their brushwork. The bearded face of Christ take...
iPads in the altar 25 Aug 2013 | 09:50 pm
From the Bible Design Blog a post entitled iPads in the Pulpit. I'm actually a long-time reader of this blog as it rather reliably enjoyable reading on what many would think to be a dry, uninteresting...
Priest starts biker's procession in Irkutsk 25 Aug 2013 | 09:12 pm
(irk.aif.ru) - Four years ago in Irkutsk was the first procession on motorcycles. It was initiated by the abbot of St. Alexander Nevsky Church Father Mark. Then the father, Mark did not dare to sit b...
Of flowers and their supposed dangers 25 Aug 2013 | 05:51 am
I'm quite a fan of The Low Churchman's Guide. The below is an example of its appeal. Flowers are the reproductive organs of angiospermic plants. The current consensus opinion among botanists holds th...
Pray for our brothers in the Middle East 25 Aug 2013 | 05:35 am
H/T: Praying with My Feet
Antiochian hierarchs thank Russian Church for support 24 Aug 2013 | 05:10 am
(mospat.ru) - His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Great Antioch and All the East sent a message to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, in which he expressed his gratitude for the eff...
