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Photo: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople embraces newly enthroned Pope Francis after his inaugural Mass in Rome on March 19, 2013.

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Moscow Patriarch Kyrill weighs in on pan-Orthodox council 2014-03-11
Patriarch Sako Sends a Message on the Occasion of the First Anniversary of his Inauguration Patriarch 2014-03-11
Syrian rebels release nuns held since December 2014-03-10
Eastern Orthodox churches to hold pan-Orthodox council in 2016 2014-03-10
Churches reach agreement on pan-Orthodox Holy Synod in 2016 2014-03-08
Fr. Peter Lickman, longtime Northeast Miami-Dade pastor and lover of animals, dies at 70 2014-03-08
Monsignor Stephen Hrynuck, beloved Olyphant priest, dies at 102 2014-03-08
Leaders of Orthodox churches to meet to discuss council preparations 2014-03-06
Ukrainian Catholic leader welcomes Kerry’s support of Ukraine 2014-03-06
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem issues Lenten letter, expresses hopes for Pope’s visit 2014-03-06
Catholic bishop in Crimea pleads for peace, coexistence among ethnic groups 2014-03-06
Archbishop Kurtz: Ukraine’s religious liberty threatened by ‘invasive actions’ 2014-03-06
Damascus’ suffering and praying Church begins Great and Holy Lent Monks’ Monday, 3 March 2014 2014-03-05
Report: leading Russian Orthodox official backs military action in Ukraine 2014-03-04
Ecumenical Patriarch visits Hungary, meets with Catholic bishops 2014-03-04
Ukrainian Church leaders plead for peace; Russian patriarch promises help 2014-03-04
Interreligious Council of Crimea: We will make every effort to preserve civil peace in Crimea 2014-03-02
Patriarch Sviatoslav: ‘If We Will Need to Stand Together on the Battlefield with Our Soldiers, the Ukrainian Church, Especially UGCC, Is Ready’ 2014-03-02
Grenade thrown at Gaza’s Catholic parish 2014-02-28
Appeal of the Ukrainian Churches on the Occasion of the Foreign Aggression 2014-03-02
Report: Pope Francis meets with former Russian prime minister 2014-02-28
Turkey restores land to ancient monastery 2014-02-28
Orthodox prelate sees balance of Synod, primacy as keys to ecumenical progress 2014-02-28
Patriarch Sviatoslav Condemns Attempt to Encroach on the Territorial Integrity of Ukraine 2014-02-26
Ukrainian Orthodox Of The USA Appeals for Urgent Contribution for Maidan 2014-02-25
UOC-MP Synod Condemns Criminal Actions of Yanukovych’s Government 2014-02-25
UOC-MP Ready for Dialogue with UOC-KP and UAOC 2014-02-25
UOC-MP Elects Locum Tenens for Kyivan Metropolitan Chair 2014-02-25
Patriarch Bartholomew held a Memorial Service for those who were killed in Ukraine 2014-02-25
Lent Letter from Patriarch Gregorios III 2014-02-25
Patriarch Louis Raphaël I: offer Lenten prayer, fasting so that Christians may stay in Iraq 2014-02-25
Patriarch Kirill decries political pressure on Church in Ukraine 2014-02-25
UGCC Bishop Borys Gudziak on EuroMaidan’s Heroes 2014-02-22
Appeal for a prayer for Ukraine to all Christians 2014-02-22
Patriarch Bartholomew: "We feel that our brothers and sisters in Ukraine are our own flesh and blood" 2014-02-22
‘With expectant joy,’ Ecumenical Patriarch looks forward to meeting with Pope Francis 2014-02-21
Orthodox Diocese of Johnstown announces continuation of on-line Bible Study 2014-02-21
"We and our community are in shock", - bishop Borys Gudziak (UGCC) on situation in Kyiv 2014-02-20
Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) suspended commemoration of the President and civil authorities of Ukraine during services 2014-02-20
Patriarch Filaret (UOC-KP) Calls for End to Violence 2014-02-20
Metropolitan WILLIAM of Pittsburgh among those nomimated by Pope francis as a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches 2014-02-20
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Francis to Meet in Jerusalem May 24-26, 2014 2014-02-20
New Clashes in Kyiv: religious leaders calling for violence to stop 2014-02-18
Patriarch calls for ‘Chaldean league’ to unite Iraq’s lay Catholics 2014-02-18
Suicide bomber attacks Christian pilgrims in Egypt 2014-02-18
Roman Catholic prelate backs Ukrainian protestors 2014-02-17
UGCC Has New Exarchate and Bishop 2014-02-15
UGCC Head held a public prayer for a peaceful settlement of the situation in Ukraine 2014-02-13
Maronite Patriarch: Negotiations for Syrian nuns’ release have ‘stumbled’; new video released 2014-02-13
Patriarch Sviatoslav calls for international support for protestors 2014-02-11

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Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead!

My soul, O my soul, rise up! Why are you sleeping? The end draws near, and soon you will be troubled. Watch, then, that Christ your God may spare you, for He is everywhere present and fills all things.

From the Great Canon of Andrew of Crete

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Wisdom from the Church Fathers

Even a pious person is not immune to spiritual sickness if he does not have a wise guide -- either a living person or a spiritual writer. This sickness is called _prelest_, or spiritual delusion, imagining oneself to be near to God and to the realm of the divine and supernatural. Even zealous ascetics in monasteries are sometimes subject to this delusion, but of course, laymen who are zealous in external struggles (podvigi) undergo it much more frequently. Surpassing their acquaintances in struggles of prayer and fasting, they imagine that they are seers of divine visions, or at least of dreams inspired by grace. In every event of their lives, they see special intentional directions from God or their guardian angel. And then they start imagining that they are God's elect, and often try to foretell the future. The Holy Fathers armed themselves against nothing so fiercely as against this sickness -- prelest.

Metropolitan Anthony Khrapovitsky
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