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Elisabeth Sesi
Feb 27, 20214 min read
The Parable of the Prodigal Son and the 'Secret Life' of New Martyr Anna Chetverikova
It appears that I’m back where I was a fortnight ago: looking through the saints of the coming week, I found another ‘Virgin-Martyr’ of...
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Elisabeth Sesi
Feb 21, 20213 min read
Approaches to Pre-Lent: The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
Depending on which part of the Orthodox tradition you belong, the Gospel on the Sunday before the start of the Lenten Triodion could...
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Elisabeth Sesi
Feb 14, 20213 min read
Meeting the Lord in His Temple: The Two Olgas
At this time of the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord, I’ve managed to piece together an inspiring story of struggle against persecution...
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Elisabeth Sesi
Jan 18, 20214 min read
Themes of the Theophany
‘For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free,...
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Reader Paul Fowler
Dec 2, 20201 min read
Calculating Christmas
Please find attached the text of my talk about how we work out, from Scripture, the date of Christ's Birth with an overview of how the...
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Reader Paul Fowler
Nov 22, 202010 min read
The Angelic Hierarchy
The Old Testament Book of Tobit is the account of a man called Tobias who sets out on a journey to reclaim money lent to an acquaintance....
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Reader Paul Fowler
Jul 9, 20201 min read
The Liturgy of Preparation
Please find attached my article on the subject of the Proskomedie.
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Elisabeth Sesi
Jun 27, 20201 min read
Poetry about St. Alban
Selected parts of 'The Life of St. Alban and St. Amphibalus'
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Elisabeth Sesi
May 31, 20203 min read
Names and Labels of the Pentecostarion: The Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
So Christ is ascended…into heaven! Now we are in expectation, along with the apostles, of the coming of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter....
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Elisabeth Sesi
May 24, 20203 min read
Names and Labels of the Pentecostarion: The Man Born Blind
John 9, 1-38 It's a scene of great tumult: a group that possesses the earthly power to stone our Lord for blasphemy is all ready for the...
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Elisabeth Sesi
May 17, 20204 min read
Names and Labels of the Pentecostarian: The Samaritan Woman
We find people commemorated on Sundays of the Pentecostarion who are no longer what they once were, yet we still seem to label them
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Reader Paul Fowler
May 3, 20207 min read
Why do the Orthodox pray for the dead?
The short answer is that they are not dead|: . Mark 12:27; Luke 20:38-Jesus makes it very clear here that God is not God of the Dead but...
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Elisabeth Sesi
May 3, 20203 min read
The Holy Myrrhbearers
‘With faith and love draw nigh’…the words of the Divine Liturgy that call us to receive Holy Communion. Was it faith? I’ve read that the...
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Elisabeth Sesi
Apr 19, 20203 min read
The Start of Bright Week
'Bright' and 'Monday' are two words we don't often think about using together in our age, when Mondays mark the weekly return to work for...
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Elisabeth Sesi
Mar 31, 20206 min read
Some Thoughts on the Story of St. Mary of Egypt
Call me nosey, but I think the story of St Mary of Egypt throws up a number of questions alongside her answers.
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Reader Paul Fowler
Mar 13, 20204 min read
The Bible
The Orthodox Church has a very different approach to The BIble than the Western Church. If, like me, you were brought up to go to Church,...
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Elisabeth Sesi
Mar 7, 20203 min read
What is the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts?
On Friday I attended a liturgy of the presanctified gifts. Even though it was completely in Church Slavonic...
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Reader Paul Fowler
Feb 24, 20202 min read
Happy Maslenitsa!!!
Maslenitsa (Russian: Мaсленица, Ukrainian: Масниця, Belarusian: Масленіца; also known as Butter Lady, Butter Week, Crepe week, or...
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Reader Paul Fowler
Feb 15, 20203 min read
When you fast...Part 3
For those of you who are interested in a fuller account of how the Orthodox Church practises fasting,let me refer you to The Lenten Triodion
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