Tag: Baptism
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Living Epiphanies: The Baptism of Christ and the Restoration of Creation
by Rev. Dr. Philip LeMasters | български | ქართული | Ελληνικά | Русский | Српски On this great feast of Theophany, we celebrate Christ’s baptism, when the voice of the Father identified Him as the Son of God and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in the form of a dove. Epiphany reveals that the Savior Who […]
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The Presence of Christ in our Homes on Holy Week and Pascha
by Rev. Dr. Nicholas Denysenko | ελληνικά | Română | ру́сский When COVID-19 first arrived on the scene as a nuisance, and not a pandemic, the Churches responded by making slight alterations to the rite of receiving communion. Catholic and Protestant Churches instructed people to refrain from partaking of the cup, and the people exchanged […]
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Some Notes on the Byzantine Practice of (Re)Baptizing Latins
by Nicolas Kamas The impending Great and Holy Council has provoked a number of reactions, from joy to hostility, on many of the topics it has promised to address. Among these has been the relationship of the Orthodox Church to other forms of Christianity, which highlights the long-standing problem of the reception of converts who […]