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The Third Day of Christmas. Feast of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen.

12/27/2021

After the pouring forth of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the fire-bearing words of the Apostles and the signs and wonders that accompanied them inspired many conversions. As soon as the believers had become members of the Body of Christ through holy Baptism, they sold all their goods and laid the proceeds at the Apostles’ feed; then, being free of all worldly ties and interests, they led a life in common, and were of one

The Thirty-First Day of Great Lent. “. . . BUT BY PRAYER AND FASTING” (Part V)

04/10/2019

Everyone will no doubt agree that the whole style of family existence has been radically altered by radio and television. These media of “mass communication” permeate today our whole life. One does not have to “go out” in order to “be out.” The whole world is permanently here within my reach. And, little by little, the elementary experience of living within an inner world, of the beauty of that “interiority,” simply disappears from our modern

Memorial Day Eulogy: On the Death of a Young Soldier in Battle

05/28/2018

By Father Leonidas Contos, New York, December 8, 1965 As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. Psalm 103:15-16 If we were to take this single verse from the familiar Psalm, and consider it in isolation from the rest of what is a glorious hymn of praise, no doubt it

The Fourth Thursday of Great Lent

03/27/2014

Beyond Medical Knowledge Even without anyone to instruct us we are quite able, on the basis of what we see, live and feel, to understand how our body is formed. Its own nature teaches us. It may be useful, nonetheless, to consult experts to have a clearer idea. The science of anatomy has allowed us to know the positions of the individual parts of the human body. Other sciences help us to grasp their uses.

“. . . BUT BY PRAYER AND FASTING” (Part V)

03/28/2013

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The Third Day of Christmas. Feast of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen.

The Thirty-First Day of Great Lent. “. . . BUT BY PRAYER AND FASTING” (Part V)

Memorial Day Eulogy: On the Death of a Young Soldier in Battle

The Fourth Thursday of Great Lent

“. . . BUT BY PRAYER AND FASTING” (Part V)

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