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The Samaritan Woman at the Well: An Encounter with Christ Who Reveals the Human Heart The Samaritan Woman at the Well: An Encounter with Christ Who Reveals the Human Heart When the Samaritan woman hurried back to her town and began calling her neighbors to come and see Christ, she said: “Come and see a […]

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During the first four days of Great Lent, at the evening services, we read the Canon of St. Andrew of Crete. The Great Canon is one of the treasures of Orthodox hymnography – a text of profound spiritual depth and beauty. It begins with a heartfelt cry to Christ: “Where shall I begin to weep […]

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    In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The parable of the Prodigal Son is so well known to us; it is so simple, it gives us a sense of warmth and hope, yet its meaning for us is not exhausted by that, because it still […]

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