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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Church Bells Return to Russia after 78 Years

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  • A CONFESSION OF FAITH Against Ecumenism
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  • A New Orthodoxy: Is this the Faith of our Fathers?
  • A Response to Dr.Carson--Thoughts on the Orthodox Catholic Faith Part I
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  • Forgiveness Sunday—Beginning of Great Lent
  • Forgivneness Outline used for the Blooming in the Desert podcast
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  • Has the Church ever apostatized?
  • Holy Chrism
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  • Introduction to Humility
  • MUST WE OBEY WHEN OUR SPIRITUAL FATHER DOES NOT UPHOLD THE ORTHODOX WAY OF LIFE?
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  • My Unposted but Not Forgotten Response to Father Gregory Jensen
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  • On Prayer - Saint Nilus the ascetic.
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  • Orthodox Ecclesiology in Outline
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  • What is Orthodoxy? by Archbishop Averky of Syracuse and Holy Trinity Monastery
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Articles of Interest

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Blooming in the Desert Podcast

  • Episode 1: August 27th, 2009 – "Welcome to Blooming in the Desert"
  • Episode 2: September 10th, 2009 – Pillars of Piety Series Part 1: Prayer
  • Episode 3: September 24th, 2009- Pillars of Piety Series Part 2: Fasting(I)
  • Episode 4: October 1st, 2009-Pillars of Piety Series Part 2: Fasting(II)
  • Episode 5: November 4, 2009 – Pillars of Piety Series Part 3: Almsgiving
  • Episode 6: November 5, 2009-Interview with Archpriest Eric Tosi, Secretary of the OCA
  • Episode 7: November 24, 2009-Unity and Diversity from St. Paul’s International Food Festival 2009
  • St. Paul’s Orthodox Church – Choir Concert – November 8th, 2009
  • Episode 8: February 10th, 2010 Pillars of Piety Series Part 4 – Forgiveness(I)
  • Episode 9: April 7th, 2010 Pillars of Piety Series Part 4 – Forgiveness(II)
  • Blooming in the Desert Presents the 2009 Nativity Retreat- Father Harry Pappas
  • Lenten Fast Retreat 2010 – Mother Melania-"Spiritual Wholeness: Overcoming the Passions by Strengthening the Virtues"
  • Episode 10: June 8, 2010 Pillars of Piety Series Part 4-Forgiveness(III)
  • Episode 11: June 11th, 2010- "Orthodoxy & Ecology"

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Books I've Read(or am reading) Series of Posts

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  • Post Two: Father Arseny 1893-1973 Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father.(completed)
  • Post Three: The Mountain of Silence(completed)
  • Post Four: The Trial and Death of Socrates.(completed)
  • Post Five: "Constantinople City of the World's Desire 1453-1924(completed)
  • Post Six: The Brothers Karamazov(beginning)
  • Post Seven: The Brothers Karamazov(completed)
  • Post Eight: Gifts of the Desert(beginning)
  • Post Nine: Gifts of the Desert(completed)
  • Post Ten: Orthodox Prayer Life(beginning)
  • Post Eleven: Orthodox Prayer Life(completed)
  • Post Twelve: The Life of Our Holy Father Maximus the Confessor
  • Post Thirteen: "Orthodox Spirituality" by Father Dimitru Staniloae
  • Post Fourteen: "The Holy Fire" by Robert Payne
  • Post Fifteen : "The Hermitess Photini" by Archimandrite Joachim Spetsieris
  • Post Sixteen: "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" by Victor E. Marsden
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  • Post Seventeen: "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" by Victor E. Marsden (B)
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  • Post Nineteen: "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" by Victor E. Marsden (D)
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  • Post Twenty: "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" by Victor E. Marsden (E)
  • Post Twenty-One: "Steps of Transformation" by Father Meletios Webber
  • Post Twenty-Two:"Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future" by Father Seraophim Rose
  • Post Twenty-Three: "The Works of Archbishop Averky of Blessed Memory-Volume II"
  • Post Twenty-Four: "Saint Nektarios, The Saint of our Century" by Sotos Chondropoulos
  • Post Twenty-Five: : "Orthodox Spiritual Life According to Saint Silouan the Athonite" by Harry Boosalis
  • Post Twenty-Six: "Father Seraphim Rose-His Life and Works" by Hieromonk Damascene
  • Post Twenty-Seven: " Animals and Man:A State of Blessedness" by Joanne Stefanatos D.V.M.
  • Post Twenty Eight: "WHEN YOU FAST...recipes for lenten seasons" by Catherine Mandell
  • Post Twenty Nine: "The Way of the Pilgrim and The Pilgrim Continues His Way" by unknown author(s)

2008 Lenten Reflections:Some Thoughts

  • Part I "The Madness"
  • Part II "The Comfort of Food"

Orthodox Prayer Life-the interior way series

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  • Introduction to the Second Edition I

Becoming Aware of and Dealing with the Occult(Spiritual Warfare)

  • Father Seraphim Rose on UFOs in "Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future"
  • Lucifer And The Cult of Freedom

New World Order/Illuminati/ "Really, though, just the Devil doing his thing"

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Christ is in our Midst Series

  • Letters from a Russian Monk (from the book's back cover)
  • II Translator's Introductory Note
  • III Forward-When a man starts on the way
  • I Biographical note concerning Father John
  • V Letter 1
  • IV Preface
  • VI Letters 2,3, and 4
  • VII Letter 5
  • VIII Letter 6
  • IX Letter 7
  • X Letter 8
  • XI Letter 9
  • XII Letter 10
  • XIII Letter 12
  • XIV Letter 13
  • XV Letter 16
  • XVI Letter 17
  • XVII Letter 18
  • XVIII Letter 20
  • XIX Letter 21
  • XX Letter 23
  • XXI Letter 25
  • XXII Letter 27
  • XXIII Letter 28
  • XIV Letter 29
  • XXV Letter 30
  • XXVI Letter 33
  • XXVII Letter 37
  • XXVIII Letter 38
  • XXIX Letter 39
  • XXX Letter 43
  • XXXII Letter 47
  • XXXIII Letter 48
  • XXXIV Letter 49
  • XXXV Letter 50
  • XXXVI Letter 51
  • XXXI Letter 45
  • XXXVII Letter 54
  • XXXVIII Letter 55
  • XXXIX Letter 59
  • XLI Letter 62
  • XL Letter 61
  • XLII Letter63
  • XLIII Letter 64
  • XLIV Letter 65
  • XLV Letter 69
  • XLVI Letter 72
  • XLVII Letter 73
  • XLVIII Letter 76
  • XLIX Letter 77
  • L Letter 78
  • LI Letter 79
  • LII Letter 80
  • LIII Letter 81
  • LIV Letter 82
  • LV Letter 84
  • LVI Letter 85
  • LVII Letter 86
  • LVIII Letter 88
  • LIX Letter 90
  • LX Letter 92
  • LXI Letter 93
  • LXII Letter 95
  • LXIII Letter 96
  • LXIX Letter 98
  • LXX Letter 101
  • LXXI Letter 102
  • LXII Letter 103
  • LXXIII Letter 106
  • LXXIV Letter 107
  • LXXV Letter 108
  • LXXVI Letter 109
  • LXVII Letter 110
  • LXVIII Letter 111
  • LXXIX Letter 115

Index of Topics

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