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he following article shares some of the author’s thoughts and concerns about the language of worship in our Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada.

All life is based on the principle “my life for thine”.

Although I haven't seen it yet, I've heard enough about it to figure out that "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is a movie worth seeing if you're a North American from an ethnic Orthodox family.

Have you ever been asked to define Sport? It is usually defined as a recreational activity. This definition is not entirely correct. Sport is a game in which one endeavours to achieve a goal.

In our Coptic Church, the Holy Liturgy, in her essence of group prayer and worship, is the house of God and the door of heaven, the house of angels and the congregation of the saints. How do we spiritually gain from the Liturgy?

ecently heard a lecture by Dr. Paul Maier, a biblical scholar and professor of ancient history at Western Michigan University. Dr. Maier, a Christian, explores such extra-biblical disciplines of archaeology, geography and history to corroborate the events, people and locations in order to authenticate and confirm the biblical record.

“Father, what do you mean I can’t get married on June the 24th?!? June is traditionally wedding season. Yet this is precisely the time when we observe the “apostle’s fast” (from the Monday after All Saint’s Sunday till the feast of Ss. Peter & Paul).

Conflict is a normal part of human life. There is no record of a humanity where conflict did not exist. The Church, being composed of fallen, sinful human beings, has always had to deal with the issue of conflict.

Not sure what my reaction was supposed to be yesterday to the news that James Cameron and Simcha Jacobovici had found the bones of Jesus, his wife and son. Anger? Fear? Jubilation? What came out was boredom. Here we go again.

Every one of us, at some point in our life, has probably felt or been betrayed.