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Instruction</a> </div> </div> <div class="list-articles-wide__text"> <p class="list-articles-wide__top"> <span class="list-articles-wide__rating"><span class="list-articles-wide__rating-item">Rating: <span class="list-articles-wide__rating-qt">9.9</span></span><span class="list-articles-wide__separator">|</span><span class="list-articles-wide__rating-item">Votes: <span class="list-articles-wide__rating-qt">8</span></span></span> </p> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__title"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/111634.html">Having Once Tasted of a Life Without Sin…</a></h3> <h4 class="list-articles-wide__subtitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/111634.html">A Homily for Thursday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent</a></h4> <p class="list-articles-wide__author"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/111634.html">Archpriest Alexander Shargunov</a></p> <p class="list-articles-wide__short"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/111634.html">The Lord gave St. Mary of Egypt to know what grace is when she lived in terrible sins, and granted her to see what an obstacle sin is for communion with God. Her answer to this gift from God should ever be before our eyes and should be our constant contemplation.</a></p> </div> </div><div class="list-articles-wide__item"> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__uppertitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168656.html">The Saints Are Being Mocked Along With Millions of Believers</a></h3> <p class="list-articles-wide__upperauthor"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168656.html">Metropolitan Antony (Pakanich)</a></p> <div class="list-articles-wide__pic"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168656.html" class="list-articles-wide__piclink"><span data-url="https://pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/104592/459231"></span></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__popup"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168656.html" class="list-articles-wide__popuplink"></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__bottom"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168656.html" class="list-articles-wide__bookmark"><span></span></a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168656.html" class="list-articles-wide__review"> <span> 1 020 </span> </a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168656.html#comments" class="list-articles-wide__comments"><span>0</span></a> </div> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168656.html" class="list-articles-wide__label">Orthodoxy Today</a> </div> </div> <div class="list-articles-wide__text"> <p class="list-articles-wide__top"> </p> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__title"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168656.html">The Saints Are Being Mocked Along With Millions of Believers</a></h3> <p class="list-articles-wide__author"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168656.html">Metropolitan Antony (Pakanich)</a></p> <p class="list-articles-wide__short"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168656.html">God is not mocked. The saints are above all the blasphemies committed against their relics.</a></p> </div> </div><div class="list-articles-wide__item"> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__uppertitle"><a href="http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/69650.htm">The Great Canon of Repentance by St. Andrew, Bishop of Crete (c.650 – c.726; Bishop from c.685 – c.726)</a></h3> <div class="list-articles-wide__pic"> <a href="http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/69650.htm" class="list-articles-wide__piclink"><span data-url="https://pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/101669/166909"></span></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__popup"> <a href="http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/69650.htm" class="list-articles-wide__popuplink"></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__bottom"> <a href="http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/69650.htm" class="list-articles-wide__bookmark"><span></span></a> <a href="http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/69650.htm" class="list-articles-wide__review"> <span> 515 </span> </a> <a href="http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/69650.htm#comments" class="list-articles-wide__comments"><span>2</span></a> </div> <a href="http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/69650.htm" class="list-articles-wide__label">Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days </a> </div> </div> <div class="list-articles-wide__text"> <p class="list-articles-wide__top"> <span class="list-articles-wide__rating"><span class="list-articles-wide__rating-item">Rating: <span class="list-articles-wide__rating-qt">5.4</span></span><span class="list-articles-wide__separator">|</span><span class="list-articles-wide__rating-item">Votes: <span class="list-articles-wide__rating-qt">27</span></span></span> </p> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__title"><a href="http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/69650.htm">The Great Canon of Repentance by St. Andrew, Bishop of Crete (c.650 – c.726; Bishop from c.685 – c.726)</a></h3> <p class="list-articles-wide__short"><a href="http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/69650.htm">Where shall I begin to weep for the actions of my wretched life? What first-fruit shall I offer, O Christ, in this my lamentation? But in Thy compassion grant me forgiveness of sins.</a></p> </div> </div><div class="list-articles-wide__item"> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__uppertitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168588.html">The Standing of St. Mary of Egypt</a></h3> <div class="list-articles-wide__pic"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168588.html" class="list-articles-wide__piclink"><span data-url="https://pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/104592/459205"></span></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__popup"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168588.html" class="list-articles-wide__popuplink"></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__bottom"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168588.html" class="list-articles-wide__bookmark"><span></span></a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168588.html" class="list-articles-wide__review"> <span> 669 </span> </a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168588.html#comments" class="list-articles-wide__comments"><span>0</span></a> </div> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168588.html" class="list-articles-wide__label">Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days </a> </div> </div> <div class="list-articles-wide__text"> <p class="list-articles-wide__top"> </p> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__title"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168588.html">The Standing of St. Mary of Egypt</a></h3> <p class="list-articles-wide__short"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168588.html">The reading of the Great Penitential Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is the main feature of this Matins service. This practice originated around the ninth century and its history is as follows.</a></p> </div> </div><div class="list-articles-wide__item"> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__uppertitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168565.html">Gogol’s Religious Views in His Book</a></h3> <h4 class="list-articles-wide__uppersubtitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168565.html">“Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends”</a></h4> <p class="list-articles-wide__upperauthor"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168565.html">Maria Tobolova</a></p> <div class="list-articles-wide__pic"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168565.html" class="list-articles-wide__piclink"><span data-url="https://pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/104569/456913"></span></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__popup"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168565.html" class="list-articles-wide__popuplink"></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__bottom"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168565.html" class="list-articles-wide__bookmark"><span></span></a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168565.html" class="list-articles-wide__review"> <span> 488 </span> </a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168565.html#comments" class="list-articles-wide__comments"><span>0</span></a> </div> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168565.html" class="list-articles-wide__label">Education</a> </div> </div> <div class="list-articles-wide__text"> <p class="list-articles-wide__top"> </p> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__title"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168565.html">Gogol’s Religious Views in His Book</a></h3> <h4 class="list-articles-wide__subtitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168565.html">“Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends”</a></h4> <p class="list-articles-wide__author"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168565.html">Maria Tobolova</a></p> <p class="list-articles-wide__short"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168565.html">Gogol mistakenly considered art as a force capable not only of morally influencing life, but also of transforming the world.</a></p> </div> </div><div class="list-articles-wide__item"> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__uppertitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168578.html">Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria</a></h3> <p class="list-articles-wide__upperauthor"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168578.html">Elena Detinina</a></p> <div class="list-articles-wide__pic"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168578.html" class="list-articles-wide__piclink"><span data-url="https://pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/104590/459040"></span></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__popup"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168578.html" class="list-articles-wide__popuplink"></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__bottom"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168578.html" class="list-articles-wide__bookmark"><span></span></a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168578.html" class="list-articles-wide__review"> <span> 238 </span> </a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168578.html#comments" class="list-articles-wide__comments"><span>0</span></a> </div> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168578.html" class="list-articles-wide__label">Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days </a> </div> </div> <div class="list-articles-wide__text"> <p class="list-articles-wide__top"> </p> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__title"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168578.html">Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria</a></h3> <p class="list-articles-wide__author"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168578.html">Elena Detinina</a></p> <p class="list-articles-wide__short"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168578.html">Finally, Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria were thrown into a deep pit and buried alive with earth and stones. Thus in the year 283 they suffered martyrdom and received crowns of victory from the Lord.</a></p> </div> </div><div class="list-articles-wide__item"> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__uppertitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168539.html">Orthodoxy in Dagestan</a></h3> <p class="list-articles-wide__upperauthor"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168539.html">Ariadna Nefedkina</a></p> <div class="list-articles-wide__pic"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168539.html" class="list-articles-wide__piclink"><span data-url="https://pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/104590/459006"></span></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__popup"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168539.html" class="list-articles-wide__popuplink"></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__bottom"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168539.html" class="list-articles-wide__bookmark"><span></span></a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168539.html" class="list-articles-wide__review"> <span> 536 </span> </a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168539.html#comments" class="list-articles-wide__comments"><span>0</span></a> </div> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168539.html" class="list-articles-wide__label">Churches and Monasteries</a> </div> </div> <div class="list-articles-wide__text"> <p class="list-articles-wide__top"> </p> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__title"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168539.html">Orthodoxy in Dagestan</a></h3> <p class="list-articles-wide__author"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168539.html">Ariadna Nefedkina</a></p> <p class="list-articles-wide__short"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168539.html">We see that the history of Orthodoxy in Dagestan shows how different cultures could coexist on the same territory, leaving their mark on time, and continue to coexist to this day.</a></p> </div> </div><div class="list-articles-wide__item"> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__uppertitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168540.html">A World Filled With Silence</a></h3> <h4 class="list-articles-wide__uppersubtitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168540.html">About Yuri Orlov’s art</a></h4> <p class="list-articles-wide__upperauthor"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168540.html">Oksana Golovko</a></p> <div class="list-articles-wide__pic"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168540.html" class="list-articles-wide__piclink"><span data-url="https://pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/104556/455672"></span></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__popup"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168540.html" class="list-articles-wide__popuplink"></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__bottom"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168540.html" class="list-articles-wide__bookmark"><span></span></a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168540.html" class="list-articles-wide__review"> <span> 422 </span> </a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168540.html#comments" class="list-articles-wide__comments"><span>0</span></a> </div> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168540.html" class="list-articles-wide__label">Orthodoxy Around the World</a> </div> </div> <div class="list-articles-wide__text"> <p class="list-articles-wide__top"> </p> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__title"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168540.html">A World Filled With Silence</a></h3> <h4 class="list-articles-wide__subtitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168540.html">About Yuri Orlov’s art</a></h4> <p class="list-articles-wide__author"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168540.html">Oksana Golovko</a></p> <p class="list-articles-wide__short"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168540.html">Perhaps peacefulness is the word that best captures the essence of Orlov’s art. It runs through all his works—not as emptiness or silence, but as a stillness that is charged with depth and meaning.</a></p> </div> </div><div class="list-articles-wide__item"> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__uppertitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168538.html">The Fourth Sunday of Great Lent. St. John Climacus</a></h3> <p class="list-articles-wide__upperauthor"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168538.html">Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh</a></p> <div class="list-articles-wide__pic"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168538.html" class="list-articles-wide__piclink"><span data-url="https://pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/101996/199635"></span></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__popup"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168538.html" class="list-articles-wide__popuplink"></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__bottom"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168538.html" class="list-articles-wide__bookmark"><span></span></a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168538.html" class="list-articles-wide__review"> <span> 423 </span> </a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168538.html#comments" class="list-articles-wide__comments"><span>0</span></a> </div> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168538.html" class="list-articles-wide__label">Homilies and Spiritual Instruction</a> </div> </div> <div class="list-articles-wide__text"> <p class="list-articles-wide__top"> </p> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__title"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168538.html">The Fourth Sunday of Great Lent. St. John Climacus</a></h3> <p class="list-articles-wide__author"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168538.html">Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh</a></p> <p class="list-articles-wide__short"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168538.html">The memory and image of St. John Climacus is offered to us now as we ascend to the days of the Passion, as an example of how God’s grace can transform an ordinary, simple person into a light for the world.</a></p> </div> </div><div class="list-articles-wide__item"> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__uppertitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168559.html">The Thorny Path of St. Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod</a></h3> <p class="list-articles-wide__upperauthor"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168559.html">Elena Detinina</a></p> <div class="list-articles-wide__pic"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168559.html" class="list-articles-wide__piclink"><span data-url="https://pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/104589/458990"></span></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__popup"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168559.html" class="list-articles-wide__popuplink"></a> <div class="list-articles-wide__bottom"> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168559.html" class="list-articles-wide__bookmark"><span></span></a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168559.html" class="list-articles-wide__review"> <span> 362 </span> </a> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168559.html#comments" class="list-articles-wide__comments"><span>0</span></a> </div> <a href="https://orthochristian.com/168559.html" class="list-articles-wide__label">Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days </a> </div> </div> <div class="list-articles-wide__text"> <p class="list-articles-wide__top"> </p> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__title"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168559.html">The Thorny Path of St. Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod</a></h3> <p class="list-articles-wide__author"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168559.html">Elena Detinina</a></p> <p class="list-articles-wide__short"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168559.html">During those days, through Archbishop Serapion’s prayers, three seriously ill people were healed. And after the healing of a blind man, a paralytic, and a demoniac, the plague in Veliky Novgorod stopped.</a></p> </div> </div><div class="list-articles-wide__item"> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__uppertitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168189.html">“Both Life and Death Are Mysteries”</a></h3> <h4 class="list-articles-wide__uppersubtitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168189.html">Part 1. 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Man has always believed in the afterlife</a></h4> <p class="list-articles-wide__author"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168189.html">Archbishop Theodosius (Bilchenko)</a></p> <p class="list-articles-wide__short"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168189.html">Death is a phenomenon that is ordained for us from above, which means it is good.</a></p> </div> </div><div class="list-articles-wide__item"> <h3 class="list-articles-wide__uppertitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168190.html">“Both Life and Death Are Mysteries”</a></h3> <h4 class="list-articles-wide__uppersubtitle"><a href="https://orthochristian.com/168190.html">Part 2. 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