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Welcome Home!?

andre — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:35:57 +0000

July 3, 2024 Welcome Home!? The architectural layout of a traditional Orthodox Church is something that I have always loved. Usually, the conventional interior design of an Orthodox church has three main sections, the narthex or vestibule, the nave or main part of the church/temple, and the sanctuary or the altar area. While I imagine […]

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Be the Person You Needed When You Were Younger

andre — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:43:39 +0000

Be the Person You Needed When You Were Younger October 30, 2023 Watching a documentary recently about the detrimental and life-threatening struggles thousands of homeless children face, I was struck by the following words of one of the counselors: “Be the person you needed when you were younger.” The often-quoted words are believed to originate […]

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A Gay Man’s Dormition Story

andre — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 00:15:23 +0000

Through the generosity of the editors of “Orthodoxy in Dialogue,” we are pleased to re-post a wonderfully sincere and poignant piece entitled “A Gay’s Man Dormition Story”, published on their website on August 15, 2023, by an anonymous source. Please read the full article by following the link to “Orthodoxy in Dialogue” below, following the […]

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Killing Birds

andre — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:32:56 +0000

Killing Birds September 12, 2022 In Florida, where I live, there are many insects and reptiles. We find some of these “intruders” in our house a few times a week. Various spiders, palmetto bugs, which is just a fancy name for cockroaches, anoles, which are small, slender lizards, frogs, and even very tiny baby snakes […]

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Mystery Of Love

andre — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 16:52:40 +0000

Mystery Of Love August 21, 2022 In preparation to be ordained a priest, I spent four years studying in a seminary. They were some of my life’s best, yet most challenging years. I met those who would become lifelong friends. During those years I tested and questioned myself more than almost any other time in […]

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