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Elijah: The Prophet Who Never Got an Ending
On July 20, the Church keeps the feast of the Holy Prophet Elijah — one of the oldest and best-loved commemorations of the summer calendar. Most of what gets said on this day retells the same three scenes: the drought he pronounces on Ahab, the fire that falls on Mount Carmel, the chariot that carries him off the earth. It’s
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On the Feast of Saint Marina: Patroness of Healing, Then and Now
Today, July 17, the Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of Saint Marina, a young martyr from Antioch in Pisidia whose story has, across many centuries, become closely tied to healing — and, in particular, to the wellbeing of the kidneys. Historical and medical sources note that devotion to Saint Marina as a protector against kidney ailments dates back to at
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The Bible Alone Isn’t Alone
Hank Hanegraaff spent nearly three decades as evangelicalism’s “Bible Answer Man” — the trusted voice fielding call-in questions about doctrine, cults, and biblical apologetics for a national radio audience. In 2017, in a move that startled many of his listeners, he was chrismated into the Orthodox Church. He has said since that nothing about his commitment to Scripture changed in
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A Hidden Light: Remembering John David the Hermit
A new book has recently been released, The Lord Is My Shepherd: The Holy Life of John David the Hermit, published by St. George Press, offering a beautiful window into the life of a man who spent decades in quiet devotion to God. John David lived from 1920 to 1995, spending his early years as a shepherd in the mountains
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When Earthly Things Do Not Last: A Lesson from St Gregory and St Maximus
We often become discouraged because the good things of this life do not remain stable. Health changes. Plans collapse. Human relationships can become fragile. Success does not always last. Even moments of happiness pass quickly. We try to hold on to what is good, but very often it slips through our hands. At first, this can seem unfair. Why does
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The Surgeon Who Could Not Be Silenced: Saint Luke of Crimea: Doctor, Confessor, Miracle-Worker
Feast Day — 11 June Introduction In the dark heart of the twentieth century, when atheistic regimes sought to stamp out every flicker of Christian faith, one man carried both a scalpel and a bishop’s crozier through the labour camps of Siberia and emerged unbroken. Saint Luke of Crimea—born the physician Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky—is one of the most electrifying saints
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Between the Sea and Sanctuary: The Quiet Importance of Halki Seminary
By Giselle Soares, Ambassador Warren Clark Fellow for Churches for Middle East Peace | Originally published on Public Orthodoxy, 29 April 2026. Image Credit: iStock.com/Mehmet Hilmi Barcin In the waters of the Sea of Marmara, on the island of Heybeliada (historically known as Halki), stands a prominent theology school of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Holy Theological School of Halki
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