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Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Monkmartyr Macarius of St Anne Skete on Mt Athos

Commemorated on October 6

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SAINT OR FEAST POSTED THIS DATE 2009(with 2008's link here also and further, 2007's):

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"Primacy," Synodicality and Unity of the Church
12 Questions and Answers on Orthodox Confession and Worship
A CONFESSION OF FAITH Against Ecumenism
A CONFESSION OF FAITH Against Ecumenism(with clarifications and footnotes)
A New Orthodoxy: Is this the Faith of our Fathers?
A Response to Dr.Carson--Thoughts on the Orthodox Catholic Faith Part I
A Response to Dr.Carson--Thoughts on the Orthodox Catholic Faith Part II
A Response to Dr.Carson--Thoughts on the Orthodox Catholic Faith Part III
Anglicans in Exile
Are all Ecclesiastic Synods Valid/Infallible?
Are laypeople permitted to interfere in the matters of the Church?
Baptism
Christian Chronology
East & West – Fundamental Differences: Pt. 1(by Father John A. Peck)
Ecumenism and Schismatic Old Calendarist Zealotism
Ecumenism, Orthodoxy and Heresy
Ecumentical Patriarchate responds to "A Confession of Faith Against Ecumenism" which garners a response to the response
Elder Paissios Against Zionists and Cowardly Orthodox
Encyclopedia>Eastern Orthodox Church
Fasting
Forgiveness Sunday—Beginning of Great Lent
Forgivneness Outline used for the Blooming in the Desert podcast
God in Trinity-A Communion of Persons
Has the Church ever apostatized?
Holy Chrism
Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition
Introduction to Humility
MUST WE OBEY WHEN OUR SPIRITUAL FATHER DOES NOT UPHOLD THE ORTHODOX WAY OF LIFE?
Melancholy, sadness, anxiety
My Unposted but Not Forgotten Response to Father Gregory Jensen
Old Calendar - New Calendar: the facts
On Prayer - Saint Nilus the ascetic.
On the Importance of Prayer
On the Recent Events in Jerusalem and their Ecclesiological Underpinnings
Orthodox Ecclesiology in Outline
Our Place in the World and the Hope of the World
PAPAL PRIMACY - A Hideous Ecclesiological Heresy
Pantheism and Monism
Paul Rothemund: Casting spells with DNA
Refuting the Dogma of Reincarnation
Saint Gregory Palamas Video [English Subtitles]
Salvation
Searching for the Truth
Spiritual
Spiritual Counsels From Elder Cleopas Ilie of Sihastria Monastery.
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Synergy in Christ According to Saint Maximus the Confessor (I)
Synergy in Christ According to Saint Maximus the Confessor (II)
Synergy in Christ According to Saint Maximus the Confessor (III)
Synergy in Christ According to Saint Maximus the Confessor (IV)
Synergy in Christ According to Saint Maximus the Confessor (V)
The Announcement of the Joint Conference of the Abbots of Mount Athos
The Antichrist and the Pope
The Church
The Church and the Calendar
The Dialogue of the Orthodox with the Non-Chalcedonians
The Ecumenists are Co-responsible for the Abuse of the Gospel and the Perdition of the Heterodox
The Function of the Unity of the Church and the Fallacious Theological Presuppositions of Papal Primacy
The Holy Eucharist
The Last interview with the Great Byzantologist Sir Steven Runciman
The Liturgical Year
The Mission of the Holy Spirit
The Orthodox Mind or Spirit
The Priesthood
The Sacred Icons and the Holy Cross
The Saints
The Spread of Christianity Through Persecutions
The Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios - In the Church we are all one and Christ is the head.
The reason for convening the Sixth Ecumenical Synod
The sign of the Cross
There is a difference between sin and heresy
Two miracles proving that the calendar does not save but repentance does.
Unia as a Model of False Unity
Was the Byzantine State a Theocracy?
What Is Spiritualism?
What is Divine Revelation?
What is Orthodoxy? by Archbishop Averky of Syracuse and Holy Trinity Monastery
What is Orthodoxy? by Fr. Sergei Sveshnikov
What is Orthodoxy? by Protopresbyter George Metallinos
What is Theosophy?
What is the difference between Orthodox and heretic?
Why Christianity should not change with the times
Yoga and Meditation
“Good War” and “Bad Peace”: Love According to the Church

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A Lesson in Deep Ecology
The Russo-Georgian War and the Balance of Power

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)
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