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Abbot Mark Kerr
Apr 18, 20232 min read
Holy Fire Descended in Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
The Holy Fire has descended in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as seen on the Ukrainian channel Svidok (video below). The...
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Abbot Mark Kerr
Mar 3, 202310 min read
Spending the Final Years of His Ascetic Life in a Godless Country
* This article about the Athonite Schemamonk Ilya was written by Anastasia Parkhomchik and originally posted at The Catalog of Good Deeds...
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Abbot Mark Kerr
Dec 31, 20221 min read
2: Christ Came to Establish the Church
St. Hilarion Troitsky, New Martyr of Russia, using Sacred Scripture and Patristic sources, explains that Christ came to establish the...
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Abbot Mark Kerr
Dec 30, 20221 min read
1: Christ Came to Establish the Church
St. Hilarion Troitsky, New Martyr of Russia, using Sacred Scripture and Patristic sources, explains that Christ came to establish the...
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Abbot Mark Kerr
Dec 25, 20221 min read
The Mystery of the Manger
The greatest Christmas gift is Christ Himself. Saint Nikodemos Publications This video is presented by Mr. Constantine Zalalas, an...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 22, 20221 min read
Prayer, Pain During the Nativity Fast
In a talk about the upcoming Nativity Fast, Fr. Thomas speaks of the challenge of dealing with personal pain and the need for prayer in...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 21, 20221 min read
Nativity of the Theotokos
On this feast of the birth of the Mother of God, we are reminded to seek Mary's help, protection, and comfort each and every day. For...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 5, 20221 min read
Resisting True Prayer
"True Prayer to the true God is contact with the Divine Spirit which prays in us. The Spirit gives us to know God. The Spirit draws our...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 25, 20228 min read
Paschal Encyclical of Patriarch +Porfirije
By the Grace of God, Orthodox Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch, with all the Hierarchs of the...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 15, 20223 min read
Patriarch Porfirije on Ukraine
On March 6, 2022, during the Sunday of Forgiveness Vespers, in the temple of St. Sava in Vracar, His Holiness, Serbian Patriarch...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 25, 20212 min read
Bishop Longin's Nativity Greeting
Peace of God! Christ is Born! Truly He is Born! Our Savior, the dayspring from the East, has visited us from on high, and we, who were...
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Abbot Mark Kerr
Oct 4, 20211 min read
Finishing the Chapel
The newest acquisitions for the Chapel of St. Mardarije are an artophorion for the reserved Holy Gifts, made in the metal workshop of St....
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Abbot Mark Kerr
Aug 10, 20211 min read
Patriarch: Praying is Perfection, Loving God is Life
"...there is nothing more perfect than the prayer that a person addresses to God for the good of his neighbors and the salvation of the...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 18, 20211 min read
Pentecost - Trinity Sunday
Pentecost (also called Trinity Sunday) comes 50 days after Pascha. It is one of the great feasts of the Church and commemorates the Holy...
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Abbot Mark Kerr
May 26, 20215 min read
Patriarch Porfirije: The Essence of Church as an Assembly is Liturgy
(Before you read, will you help us build up Joy of All Who Sorrow monastery? ( Click here .) Christ is Risen! Your Eminences and Graces...
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Abbot Mark Kerr
May 1, 20212 min read
Easter Greeting from Bishop Longin
We celebrate the death of death, the destruction of hell, the beginning of eternal life. And leaping for joy, we celebrate the Cause, the...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 19, 20211 min read
On Theophany the Trinity is Revealed!
"When John immersed Christ in the waters of the Jordan, the voice of God the Father from heaven was heard: 'This is my beloved Son, in...
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Abbot Mark Kerr
Dec 30, 20202 min read
Peace of God! Christ is Born!
“And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they...
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 5, 20201 min read
First Public Vespers and Akathist
The monastery held its first ever public vespers and prayed the akathist for the commemoration of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of...
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Abbot Mark Kerr
Sep 11, 20201 min read
Holy Table Delivered
The Holy Table for the Chapel of St. Mardarije has arrived from California. It is a gift from Dale Liid, who made it, and his wife,...
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