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Here is a selection of articles from The Orthodox Word: They have been formated to be read on modern devices: like computers and mobile screens. You will find someone has scanned the older versions of the Orthodox Word and put them in a web archive. However, these text files and pdf’s are very difficult to read. And this is a crime, as these articles should be made available for the Orthodox World. So I have created a collection of articles which, I have found beneficial and made them available for reading on modern devices.

Through the prayers of Saint Herman, may God grant those who read these works, the ability to hear and put into action there wisdom and instructions.


The Ancestral Sin and our Regeneration Homily 37 summary = Because Adam believed the devil who had told him his lies, and tasted of the tree of knowledge, therefore, as one who had believed a liar, he fell away from the truth. After this, human nature labored a great deal seeking the truth but could not find it.

How to Read the Fathers summary = The present patrology will present the Fathers of Orthodox spirituality, therefore, its scope and aims axe rather different from the ordinary seminary course in Patrology