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What’s different about the way we cope as Christians?

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Let’s talk live with OCCI and Fr. Chris Metropulos We are pleased to announce our next myOCN Community Online Gathering this coming Thursday, April 23, at 4:00 pm EST with special guests Dr. Christofidis and Dr. Anderson from the Orthodox Christian Counseling Institute (OCCI). OCCI is a professional network of Orthodox psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists. Fr. Christopher Metropulos, our Executive Director, will be offering a “Let’s Talk” 45-minute interactive video session on Zoom with limited availability for two-way discussion. We will also be live-streamed on our Facebook page. Join us and thousands online for prayers and discussion. Families are welcome, and you will have the opportunity to ask questions. If you would like to attend, please register HERE to receive sign-in instructions. This program is ...

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Contagious religious freedom: Bulgarian Orthodox Church in spring 2020 (Liana Galabova)

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Synodal, state, and municipal guidelines to local believers about restrictions of church services during past Lent did not imply closure of Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Christian sacred spaces, because hospitals, pharmacies, and shops would not stop working and people were allowed to buy food, medicines, and to get emergent healthcare. Bulgarian Orthodox Church naturally insists on enjoying of public rights of limited and strictly controlled presence in churches, including those opening only several times in the year, and remaining aware that some temples are still closed from communist times, or even abandoned later. Meanwhile contemporary social consolidation resulted in charity and volunteering in health and social care, and church also offered spiritual support as pastoral care, and became transmitting online more ...

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Tears unseen (Saint Arsenie Boca)

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Nobody can say exactly when and how tears come. They well up suddenly. Of course, you shouldn’t weep so that people will see you. Profound repentance is tears unseen. You suddenly feel such a sinner and immediately the tears start from your eyes. » Elder Arsenie Boca (of Romania)

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