Victory Requires Combat
From the Prologue of Ochrid, by Nikolai Velomirovic, for April 1st; Reflection "Why is it that much is said and written about the...
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Father Photios
Apr 38 min
Pray Constantly
Friends, it is a common fallacy that constant, deep prayer is for monastics and clergy only. Let us look at life: we must make time to...
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Father Photios
Mar 255 min
Concerning Time
A few words to the Christian concerning time How time flies! It seems not long ago that the last year began, and now we have already...
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Mar 181 min
Parish Update! One Down, One Up...
Just a couple of updates on what is going on here in Portland at the Holy Nativity of the Theotokos. This last big wind storm we had last...
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Father Photios
Mar 174 min
Forgiveness Sunday
"Today is called “Forgiveness Sunday.” It received this name from the pious Orthodox Christian custom at Vespers of asking each other’s...
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Father Photios
Mar 75 min
Hymns About What is Important
This last week I buried a man who was a parishioner and a close friend. His name was Euphrosyn Greenfield (a tonsured Reader) and he was...
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Father Photios
Feb 211 min
St. John the New Merciful and Confessor
Please take a few moments and listen to this wonderful homily concerning this great holy man of God. During the recent difficult times in...
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Father Photios
Feb 195 min
True Christianity is a Struggle
A Reminder to us that True Christianity is a Struggle by Archbishop Averky [Taushev] The Lord said: "Whosoever will come after me, let...
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Father Photios
Feb 52 min
Wayward Children, We Are
It seems everyone knows someone like this, or at least has heard of someone fitting this description: The long-suffering mother or...
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Father Photios
Jan 304 min
A Short Rule of Vigilance for One Living in the World
A Short Rule of Vigilance for one living in the world By St. Ignatius Brianchaninov The essence of any striving toward the Lord is...
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Father Photios
Jan 223 min
On the Temple
On the temple By Arbp. Averky Taushev, of Blessed Memory God’s temples and everything which takes place in them -the Church’s prayers,...
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Father Photios
Jan 196 min
Theophany
A Homily on Theophany By Saint Philaret the Confessor of NY On the day of the feast of Theophany--the Baptism of the Lord--it is not out...
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Father Photios
Dec 28, 20235 min
Imitate the Life of the Saint Whose Name You Bear
Originally Printed in Orthodox Life magazine, 1977 Imitate the Life of the Saint Whose Name You Bear At Holy Baptism each person is given...
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Father Photios
Dec 20, 20233 min
Flesh and Spirit
What is the use of being called a Christian, but not actually being one?
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Father Photios
Dec 11, 20233 min
A Sure Approach
Sometimes it's not an event itself (whatever that may be) which causes so much pain and sorrw, but how we react to it that makes all the...
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Father Photios
Dec 8, 20234 min
The 3 Things...
This is letter #66 from Nikolai Velomirivic's "Missionary Letters." He highlights the three most important things in life, and the last...
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Father Photios
Nov 29, 20235 min
St. Matthew and Repentance
"Thus your soul will return into a normal, healthy state and it will be like a good tree."
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Father Photios
Nov 27, 20233 min
Sometimes the Solution is...
St. Paisius Velichkovsky THAT ONE SHOULD ENDURE SORROWS From Little Russian Philokalia, Volume IV St. Herman Press & St. Paisius Abbey...
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Father Photios
Nov 17, 20235 min
The Lamp
If one travels far from the lights of the city and ventures into the deep woods at night, one can clearly understand why, for most of...
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Father Photios
Nov 16, 20231 min
Book Recommendations
Recently, two wonderful books were released which I highly recommend everyone purchase. Their subject matter concerns Ecumenism and the...
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