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Evangelize, edify, educate, and engage Ancient Faith Ministries exists to carry out the Great Commission of Jesus Christ through accessible and excellently crafted publications and creat ...

I "met" Mother Alexandra in November of 2005 during a Google search. I turned up a few newspaper articles and the fascinating fact that this Orthodox monastic had been a real live princess: Princess ...

Beyond Social Justice: Faith Looks Outside The Walls of the Church "And for you this whole world is as it were a book that proclaims the glory of God, announcing through itself the hidden and invisi ...

The role of fathers in Orthodox women's lives is an integral one. We worship the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and we seek to be well pleasing to God. We know that God and His Holy Will for us is perfe ...

by Father Michael Tassos In this article, I want to examine the connection between one of the wonderful tools the Church provides us to work out our salvation—the  Sacrament of Confession ...

by the Very Rev. David Hester Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me. These few simple words, known as the Jesus Prayer, are of great importance to the Christian East—so much so that ...

by Donna Farley When was the last time you began something new? As long ago as college, perhaps, or a new job? When you got married or had a child or moved to a new town? Maybe one of the most signi ...

Orthodox Christians and Social Justice in an Age of Globalization In the opening sermon delivered to an ecumenical gathering last year in Brazil, Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania call ...

Media and the Family  By Terry Mattingly I have no idea how many times I have heard church leaders quote the following statement by Bob Pittman, one of the key executives in the development of ...

by Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko The Christian faith appeared on earth as God’s Gospel in His Son Jesus. It was presented as such in St. Paul’s letters before the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, ...

By Fran Presley    In Orthodox Church time, a mere ten years is like the blink of an eye! Still, my tenth year as an Orthodox Christian is a good time to reflect on everything I appreciat ...

by Fr. Thomas Zell One of my earliest childhood memories is of piling into the back of our family car on Sunday morning and heading off to our little Baptist church in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Along w ...