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Church History

Celebrating Early Christian Women at Prayer

by V.K. McCarty “We have heard as they were read aloud those words,so shining and luminescent, we have taken in by ear,we have considered in our mindsand honored in our belief.” It is wonderful to be able to share with you how grateful I am for all the encouragement and support from the team at...

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Liturgical life, Theology

The Gospel of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

by V. K. McCarty | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Română | Русский | Српски “When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind. . .”* The Pentecost fe... Read more.
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Theology, Women in the Church

The Resurrection Miracle Revealed to the Myrrhbearers

by V. K. McCarty | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Русский | Српски The first rising of the sun in the East shoots rose light across the dim landscape; it is a time the early monks knew well, for a prayer service was starting, when the bell-ringer could j... Read more.
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Culture and Arts, Liturgical life

Anticipating Kassia’s Cosmic Hymn

by V.K. McCarty | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Русский | Српски In preparing to participate in the services leading to Pascha, a memorable element of the Liturgy for many of the faithful is the Hymn of St. Kassia (ca.810-ca. 865 CE), “Lord, the Woman... Read more.
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Theology

On Love and Beauty in a Time of Pandemic

by V.K. McCarty | български | ქართული | Ελληνικά | Русский | Српски While our recent celebration of the birth of the Christ Child continues and mingles now with hints of the Great Lent to come, it is no secret that profound and complex challenges confront ... Read more.
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Church History, Women in the Church

Encouragement from the Desert Mothers in Troubling Times

by V.K. McCarty | български | Ελληνικά | Română | Русский “In the morning, while it was still very dark, Jesus got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed” (Mark 1:35). Jesus may have prayed about several of the things that worry us today: the feeling t... Read more.
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Liturgical life, Theology

Admiring the Theotokos at Her Dormition

It is a privilege to share the Dormition of the Theotokos with you,* especially since the Orthodox manner of regarding the Virgin Mary is in some ways, as on this happy feast-day, perhaps more evolved than in my own church. Mary is so deeply embedded in Orthodox devotion that she is praised in the D... Read more.
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