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March 31, 2002

March 28, 2002
A visitor`s question on Joseph and the Holy Family

March 26, 2002
A visitor`s question on Adult Baptism

March 25, 2002
We are Living Icons! Those who study and meditate upon the process of writing Icons have found it to be a divine-human co-operation, relying upon Divine Grace and inspiration as well as upon human willingness to be an instrument of God’s self-revelation to the world in the form of Icons. more

March 24, 2002
Answers to several questions from visitors:

March 21, 2002
Sunday of Orthodoxy: Anathematizing anorexic spirituality
"I'm O.K., you're O.K." was a quaint saying some time ago, and there was even a book with that title, espousing a particular brand of "with it" attitude that popularly characterizes a certain non-judgmental, relativistic perspective concerning all religions, ideas and philosophies. The first Sunday of the Great Fast, the Sunday of Orthodoxy, stands in stark contrast to that contemporary ideology, however . . . more

March 19, 2002
Prayer and the Great Fast: A "how to" of praise and worship
Prayer is another aspect of Christian spirituality that is often taken for granted. What we mean by "prayer" is often the recitation of some learned formulas either as a group, in Church or alone. We often have an idea that we are paying tribute to God by way of responsibility to do so. But prayer is much more than this. If prayer to our soul is like breathing to our bodies, the time of the Great Fast is as good as any to review how we spiritually inhale . . . more

March 18, 2002
Hunger for Righteousness' Sake: A "how to" of fasting Fasting is one of those things that we all take for granted, even though we really shouldn't. Recently, I conducted a poll among individuals in my own immediate family, asking them to define what fasting actually is all about. The result was that every person seemed to have his or her own private definition in terms of what it is and how to do it. But how does the Church understand the rules of fasting? How do we truly fast? more

An answer to a visitor`s question on St. Pulcheria

March 17, 2002
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Lenten Meditation:

March 13, 2002
Reaching out to touch someone: Prayer and fasting as social ministry
The Great Fast is a time when we, as Christians, "plug in" to the well-springs of the Holy Spirit. With Christ, we too enter the desert to be alone with God. Prayer and fasting, along with charitable deeds, are the key elements of our spiritual training. At the same time, these should not be so much "inward looking," as they should be tools we can use to touch the lives of others in Christ - but how so? >>>more

March 10, 2002
Pastoral letter: The Judgement

March 8, 2002
A visitor's question Is it true that Poland was christened as an Orthodox nation (or at least in the Byzantine-rite)? This would make sense since Sts Cyril and Methodius brought Christianity to all Slavic people. If this is true, could you elaborate on how and why Poland became a Roman Catholic (Latin rite) nation from it's original christening of a Byzantine rite? see answer

March 7, 2002
Anathema English version of article in Ukrainian posted on March 4.

March 5, 2002
Anchored in Christ: A celebration of Ukraine`s Pope
This year marks the 1900^th anniversary of the martyrdom of a Pope that all Ukrainians acknowledge and honour! St Clement, Pope of Rome, died on the orders of the Emperor during his banishment on the Crimean peninsula at the ancient city of Khersonese. Together with St Andrew the First-Called, he is an Apostolic founder of the Kyivan Church. But what was a Pope doing all the way out there? more>>>

March 4, 2002
Anathema (in Ukrainian) February 20, 2002, marked five years since the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarchate of Moscow proclaimed anathema against Filaret (Denysenko), currently the third Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Patriarchate of Kyiv - a controversial practice even in cases of actual heresy. This anathema, like those proclaimed against Hetman Ivan Mazeppa (18th century) and St. John Chrysostom (4th century) was not to preserve orthodox doctine but to achieve political aims. Valuable lessons may be drawn from such actions.