Metropolitan Philaret (Drozdov) of Moscow [+1867] on Prayer for the Departed
There are some ‘Christians’ who deprive themselves of the consolation of prayers for the dead. And who are they? Without
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Life after Death
On Unbaptized Infants
Hieromonk Enoch From what sources we have from saints, councils, and liturgical books, what can we say, little as it
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The Vision of St. Laisren (Molaise) and the Battle with the Demons in the Air Over Souls
From the “Vision of St. Laisren (Molaise), Abbot of Old Leighlin”, in Ireland (St. Laisren, +639AD): The Angels and Demons
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First Homily of St. Mark of Ephesus On Prayer for the Dead and Against the Roman Catholic Purgatory
Inasmuch as we are required, preserving our Orthodoxy and the Church Dogmas handed down by the Fathers, to answer with
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The Vision of St. Fursey of Ireland (7th Century) and the Spiritual Combat
June 02, 2015 (Source: “The Saints of Erin” by L. Tachet De Barneva) [For an alternate translation of the Vision, but,
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Observations on Purgatory by Met. Macarius (Bulgakov) of Moscow (1816–1882)
[Taken from “Orthodox Dogmatic Theology”, Vol. II, pg. 725] The doctrine of the Roman Church on Purgatory has
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Saturday before Pentecost by Fr. S.V. Bulgakov
May 29, 2015 [NFTU: Obviously by the good Bulgakov, not to be confused with the heretical Name-Worshipping Sophiologist one of
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