The Beauty of Virginity, Part 1
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The Loftiness of Virginity
St. Stephan of Fileika

The Christian life in the world and the raising of children in faith and piety is one of the ways to serve God. The Lord also shows another path—a more direct path, accompanied by greater self-denial and asceticism, greater zeal; a path thanks to which those who truly traverse it offer fruit to God a hundredfold.

Procession to Pochaev Lavra begins despite police attempts to turn everyone away
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For several centuries, Orthodox Christians have set out from Kamenets-Podolsk every year on August 19, the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, headed for the Lavra, 125 miles away. Various other processions head out from other cities and villages as well.

Historic Greek church completely destroyed in wildfire
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A wildfire that broke out in Alexandroupoli, Greece, on Saturday continues to rage out of control—the latest in a series of fires that have plagued the Balkan nation this summer.

Authorities block thousands from celebrating Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor (+VIDEO)
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“We expected that after the cancellation last year, the firefighters would present us with all the safety requirements during the year so that we could hold our religious ritual just as others do. Only at the last minute did they remember to inform us that it was again not approved,” said a Christian community leader.

A Week Filled With Prayer and Grace
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PHOTOGALLERY

The army of Christ is made up of the lame, the elderly, and the infirm. Everyone kept on walking with prayer, toughing it out despite the pain of blistered feet at every step.

Hoping in God’s Help Amidst the Battle of Spirit and Flesh
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The Beauty of Virginity, Part 3
St. Stephan of Fileika

Now let us try to find a way to deliver ourselves from the captivity of sin, to overcome the evil lust hiding within us. Who hasn’t noticed within himself the struggle of the spirit with the flesh, the enmity between good and evil?

“Peru Is a Country of Religious, Economic and Social Contrasts”
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Hieromonk Innokenty (Karpov)

It should be added that Peru is a multiethnic country, unlike Argentina or Chile. Historically, Lima is a very ancient city: Civilization existed here long before the arrival of the Spaniards. Peru is a country of religious, economic, and social contrasts.

Preserving Virginity and the Bodily Senses
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The Beauty of Virginity, Part 2
St. Stephan of Fileika

The lust of the flesh is very seductive: It easily snares the unwary and makes the soul a prisoner of the devil. According to the word of the Lord, whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart (Mt. 5:28). That means you can defile yourself without touching anyone, through the eyes, through the imagination and the desires of the heart.

Pennsylvania parish provides overnight shelter in August
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Volunteers from the parish worked to prepare places to sleep, as well as dinner and breakfast.

Wildfires: Greek nuns and wonderworking icon evacuated to safety
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The nuns made sure to take their Panagia Eleousa (Virgin of Tenderness) Icon with them.

Ukrainians and Romanians concelebrate Transfiguration at Ukrainian monastery
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Ukrainian and Romanian clergy and laymen came together on August 19, the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, to celebrate at a Ukrainian Orthodox monastery in Western Ukraine.