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Category: Parish Life

The Parish Life category explores the joys, challenges, and practical realities of Orthodox Christian life within the local parish. From worship, stewardship, and fellowship to leadership, evangelism, and community building, these articles offer insights to help clergy and laity cultivate healthy, Christ-centered parish communities.

May 25, 2021
American Life, Jurisdictions, Parish Life

Dear Bishops Pt.2: Unforced Errors

What can baseball and motherhood teach us about leadership in the Orthodox Church during the Covid-19 “Pandemic”?

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May 19, 2021
American Life, Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, Communion, Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Covid Persecution, Greek Archdiocese, Jurisdictions, Masks / Facial Coverings, OCA, Parish Life

For the Orthodox, Callousness is the Real Pandemic

Testimonials bear witness to the callousness with which too many Orthodox Christians have been treated during the pandemic.

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May 13, 2021
American Life, Christian Fiction, Covid Persecution, Parish Life

For the Common Good

The common good is defined by those in power. What happens when they decide you and your faith need to be dealt with – for the common good?

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May 10, 2021
American Life, Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Covid Persecution, Greek Archdiocese, Health Care, Leftist Infiltration of the Orthodox Church, Masks / Facial Coverings, Parish Life, Vaccine / Informed Consent

Covid Persecution of the Church Accelerates

Six priests will be charged in Greece for daring to hold Paschal services at the appointed time. Covid persecution is accelerating globally.

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April 30, 2021
Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Covid Persecution, Greek Archdiocese, Jurisdictions, Leftist Infiltration of the Orthodox Church, Parish Life, Prayer and Spirituality, Protests, Theology, Western Civilization

Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou Defends Orthodoxy Against Covid Restrictions

Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou rejects changes to Orthodox tradition being pushed by governments around the world in the name of “Covid.”

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April 23, 2021
American Life, Contact the Bishops, Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Covid Persecution, Health Care, Parish Life, Theology, Western Civilization

My People Are Destroyed For Lack Of Knowledge

God’s protection from evil is often provided through dispensed wisdom. COVID is revealing what sort of ignorant people we have become.

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April 21, 2021
American Life, Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Covid Persecution, Greek Archdiocese, Masks / Facial Coverings, Parish Life

Faithfulness to Covid at the Expense of Souls

A year into the “pandemic,” faithfulness to the message of Covid is still hurting the witness of the Church and her most vulnerable souls.

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Vaccine passport
April 9, 2021
American Life, Contact the Bishops, Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Covid Persecution, Health Care, Jurisdictions, Masks / Facial Coverings, OCA, Parish Life, Vaccine / Informed Consent

Vaccine Passports, Digital Control, and the Orthodox Christian Fight for Freedom

Vaccine passports will lead to second-class citizenship for the non-vaccinated. Should the Orthodox Church fight such digital control?

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April 2, 2021
American Life, Contact the Bishops, Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Jurisdictions, Parish Life

Of Course Church Membership is Declining

No one should be surprised that American adults are leaving their churches. Millions still believe in God, but have lost faith in the clergy.

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March 26, 2021
American Life, Parish Life, Theology, Western Civilization

Orthodoxy Must Still Defend Women and Children

The Orthodox Faith of today is the same that transformed the classical world, created childhood, and declared the personhood of women.

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