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Thursday, December 22, 2016

The opening of the gates of the Great Church of God

December 22

SAINT OR FEAST POSTED THIS DATE 2015(with 2014's link here also and further: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and even 2007!):

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A New Orthodoxy: Is this the Faith of our Fathers?
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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
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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
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Orthodox Ecclesiology in Outline
Our Place in the World and the Hope of the World
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Pantheism and Monism
Paul Rothemund: Casting spells with DNA
Refuting the Dogma of Reincarnation
Saint Gregory Palamas Video [English Subtitles]
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The Antichrist and the Pope
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The Ecumenists are Co-responsible for the Abuse of the Gospel and the Perdition of the Heterodox
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Unia as a Model of False Unity
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What is Orthodoxy? by Archbishop Averky of Syracuse and Holy Trinity Monastery
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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
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