A short talk on how to prepare for confession. Some of it is not what you might expect, but several practical items are mentioned. Many links about preparing for confessin and confession lists and examples are also listed.
Category: Audio catechism
Sanctity Of Life Sunday. Christians Must Not Accept Abortion And Sexual Immorality Being Redefined
LISTEN NOW Synopsis: A short talk on sanctity of life Sunday, after a moleben. If the "LISTEN NOW" link does not work, copy this URL into your browser: http://www.orthodox.net/catechism/orthopraxis_2011-01-23+sanctity-of-life-sunday+christians-must-not-accept-abortion-and-sexual-immorality-being-redefined.m3u If this file does not work for you, try the direct link to the actual mp3 file:http://www.orthodox.net/catechism/orthopraxis_2011-01-23+sanctity-of-life-sunday+christians-must-not-accept-abortion-and-sexual-immorality-being-redefined.mp3 Archive of Audio catechetical talks:http://www.orthodox.net/catechism RSS feed of… Continue reading Sanctity Of Life Sunday. Christians Must Not Accept Abortion And Sexual Immorality Being Redefined
Detailed explanation of the troparion and kontakion for the day before and day of Theophany.
Detailed explanation of the troparion and kontakion for the day before and day of Theophany. There is a lot here! About 45 minutes of important theology, in audio, until it is transcribed and prettied up a bit.
Holy Prophet and King David, Joseph the Betrothed, James The Just, the Brother of the Lord. Why are these saints commemorated near to Nativity?H
A homily describing on the Eve of the Sunday after Nativity during matins, describing the Holy Prophet and King David, Joseph the Betrothed, James The Just, the Brother of the Lord. Why are these saints commemorated near to Nativity? What do they teach us about the Nativity?
The Nativity Fast. Typikon, Why Fast, Pastoral advice. Talk and Outline.
A short talk on the Nativity Fast, on the day the fast began. The Nativity Fast and Great Lent Compared, Nativity Fasting Typikon, Fasting until the Ninth Hour, Why Fast? How does the fast apply to you? (Office parties,Family,The Belly,Prayer,Almsgiving,If you do not fast well). The outline was used in the talk.
Fall Stewardship Campaign, Part 3. Giving our fruits must happen to increase our faith.
What I want as your pastor is that everyone gives to the church. The amount is not a critical thing to me. What is critical to me, as your pastor, is that you give of your fruits to God and it will increase your faith. I know this to be true in my own lie and the lives of many I have counseled…
2Corinthians 8:12 “For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.”
Deuteronomy 14:22-23 “Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. (23) And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.”
Fall 2010 Stewardship Campaign Part 1. Stewardship And Loving Our Neighbor. Short Audio Talk.
Fall 2010 Stewardship Campaign Part 1. Stewardship And Loving Our Neighbor. Short Audio Talk.
To Pray For Someone More Diligently. Prayer Of St Silouan Of Mount Athos For All People. Audio talk and prayer texts.
This is another in our short after liturgy catechetical talks. We discuss 2 prayers that everyone should have for their personal prayer rule. The prayer of St Silouan is especially important. St Silouan prayed for all the people of the world. This is a sure sign of love. We must cultivate habits that build this kind of love. The audio explains a little about these prayers and quotes them. The word document contains these two prayers. It can be printed and cut into quarters to have 4 sheets with both prayers.
Exaltation of the Cross. Three questions about the Cross. Catechetical talk.
Three Questions About The Cross regarding the sign of the cross,prostrations on Sunday and ,venerating the cross or any icon in church. The text follows the talk very closely. These talks are designed to get a little information into the faithful right after the liturgy before it becomes too chaotic to teach.
Audio talk with outline. Prosphora. Liturgy of Preparation, Proskimidia, Service of Prothesis Offering Prosphora and names at the Liturgy.
SYNOPSIS:A short talk on prosphora, which follows the pretty closely. What is prosphora? Styles of Prosphora. How and when is prosphora used? Important pastoral notes, explaining the meaning of commemoration at proskimidie and how to offer prosphora the best way, and local notes about offering prosphora at St Nicholas.