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Elisabeth Sesi
Feb 27, 20214 min
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
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
May 31, 20203 min
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
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
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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Elisabeth Sesi
May 3, 20203 min
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
Mar 31, 20206 min
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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