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ARTICLES - Theotokos

An excellent essay, which explains in detail the feasts of the Theotokos and the major occasional services (the Akathist and Paraclesis) in a historical and liturgical context. The traditional and pious tone of the essay may be determined by the following paragraph in the conclusion:

"In conclusion, the services devoted to the Theotokos should be fostered more in our Orthodox parishes. In America we are bombarded with propaganda from the now very popular extremist Protestant sects who aim at the destruction of devotion to the Theotokos and the saints. The post-Vatican II coolness to this devotion among Roman Catholics also emphasizes the duty of the Orthodox to keep warm that faith and those practices that the heterodox and a non-believing world have abandoned. Their faith in Christ as a result of this has grown cold and legalistic. They have failed to remember that Mary is the theological keystone in the Church’s understanding of the person and work of Our Lord Jesus Christ. They have forgotten that, in order to understand just who and what Christ is, they must also figure Mary’s role in salvation history. They have forgotten that she was the model Christian, the Archetype of the Christian Church."

This editor takes exception to the Bishop's opinions about certain so-called "legends" but this is a minor point.

• Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos
• Dignified and liturgical English

St. Nicolai of Zhicha On the Our Father:

• Our Father
• Who Art In The Heavens
• Hallowed Be Thy Name
• Thy Kingdom Come
• Thy Will Be Done On Earth As It Is In Heaven
• Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
• And Forgive Us Our Debts As We Forgive Our Debtors
• And Lead Us Not Unto Temptation
• But Deliver Us From The Evil One

Miscellaneous Orthodox Teaching

• John The Baptist
• The Sign Of The Cross
• The Value Of Time
• On Prayer
• On Fasting
• Children In Church
• The Origin Of The Serbian Kolyivo (wheat Cake)
• Mary
• The Nativity Of The Most Holy Mother Of God
• The Second Coming Of Christ
• Halloween
• How To Behave In Church
• The Faith of Chosen People
• An Excellent Exposition on the "Symbol of Faith", the Nicene Creed
  St. Nicolai of Zica
• Prayers by the Lake
• St. Nicolai of Zica
• The Serbian People As A Servant Of God
• by Bishop Nicolai Velimirovich
• The Ten Drachmas: The Lord In The Guise Of A Woman
• by Bishop Nicolai Velimirovich
• The Serbian Orthodox Church - A Short History
• On the Epistles of St. Ignatius of Antioch
  Rev. Patrick Henry Reardon, pastor of All Saints Antiochian Orthodox Church, Chicago, Illinois.
  Articles on a Variety of Topics
  From the Antiochian Archdiocese
• Activity of the Parish
• The Argumentative Man
  The Ascension of Our Lord (Parish Life, June, 1986)
• The Banishment And Repentance Of Adam And Every Christian
• Byzantium: The Byzantine Studies Page
  Regarding Commemoration of the Dead
  EXCELLENT overview of the commemorations for the dead and the days of these commemorations (3rd, 9th, 40th day, anniversaries)
  On Candles
  Christ As "Personal Savior"
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• Christian Literature on the Internet
• The Church as the Mainstay of Spiritual Development (Parish Life)
  On Comfort in Sorrow
  A Confession Which Leads The Inward Man To Humility
  The Day of all the Saints of the Russian Land (Parish Life, June)
  The Serbian Orthodox Diocesan Observer
  The Ecole Glossary -- St. Basil
  The Ecole Initiative: Early Church Documents
  The Ecole Initiative: Index Page
  Ecology: A Christian Oversight?
  The Fall of Daystar [Lucifer] (Parish Life, November, 1985)
  The Fall of Man (Parish Life, December, 1985)
  Fasting
  On Fasting
  Field Flowers, Saint Paisius Velichkovsky (Parish Life June, 1988)
  From The Ladder of Divine Ascent
  Gems from the Elders of Optima
  The Great Lent, an Introduction
  The Great Lent, Fasting Rules
• Guide to Early Church Documents #1
• Guide to Early Church Documents #2
• On Halloween
  On Holy Icons
• How One Must Confess to Receive Forgiveness for Sins
• How Orthodox Teaching on Salvation Differs From That of the Heterodox
  The Icon and Orthodox Theology
  Interesting Articles
• The Jesus Prayer & on Spiritual Readings (Parish Life, July, 1986)
• Lent - A Spiritual Spring for the Soul
• The Lenten Triodion
• On Married Life
  On Marriage
  The Meaning of Major Events of the Life of Our Lord (Parish Life)
  More readings on the Orthodox Church
  The Myrrh Streaming Icon of the Mother of God
  Noncanonical Writings Homepage
  Orthodox Articles
• Orthodox Christian Missionary Booklets
• Orthodox Articles
  The Orthodox Divine Service (Parish Life, August, 1986)
  Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy; Western Theology
  Orthodox Sunday
  Orthodox Teachings on the Holy Angels
  Our Martyrs (Parish Life, July, 1985)
  On Patience, Humility and Gentleness
• PDS Russian Religion
• Plea of an Orthodox American
  On Piety
  A Prayer on Marriage (from the Orthodox Prayerbook)
• Prayer of St. Basil the Great
• A Prayer to St. John Of Shanghai And San Francisco
  A Prayerful Preparation for Communion
  A Preparation for Confession, St. John of Kronstadt
  The Priest and His Parish
  A Prophecy of St. Nilos, Hermit of Mt. Athos
  On the Question of Cremation
  The Resurrection of Christ (Parish Life, May, 1986)
  A Rule of Attention to Oneself for a Person Living in the World
  Rules for Acolytes (July, 1987)
  The Russian Orthodox Church: Early History
• Russian Religious News
• Second Epistle
• The Seventh Ecumenical Council
  The Serbian Orthodox Diocesan Observer
  http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/reading/St.Pachomius/Greek/basil7.html
  Seventh Epistle
• On "Sola Scriptura"
• The Theotokos
  Thoughts about the Parish (October, 1987)
• Transnational Information Page on Religion in Russia
• Useful Things
• We are an "Old Calendar" Church
  We proclaim Thy Mercy
  What is the Mystery of Unction? (Parish Life, April, 1986)
  What is the Mystery of Unction? (Parish Life, April, 1986)
  What is the Orthodox Church
  Why we pray for the dead (Metropolitan Anthony Bloom’s book)

Angels

• A NIGHT IN THE DESERT OF THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
• A large portion of this excellent book online
  The Russian Orthodox Church as an "Empire-Saving” Institution
  John B. Dunlop
  What About Cremation?
  The Moscow Patriarchate and the Royal Family
  November, 1996
  Cyprian [A.D. 200-258] on Celebrating the memory of the Saints
  The Glorification of God-Pleasers - a Sermon by Archbishop John Maximovich
  Parish Life July, 1994