In Peace Let Us Pray to the Lord

Peace & Healing in the Divine Liturgy Orthodox Peace Fellowship retreat in Vézelay, April 1999 / fourth lecture by Bishop Kallistos This afternoon I spoke about the sacrament of Confession. Tonight, I would like to say something about the Holy Eucharist. Let me begin with two words. The first is from 19th century Russia, St....
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Let Us Go Forth in Peace

Healing in the Parish, Local Church and in the World Orthodox Peace Fellowship retreat in Vézelay, April 1999 / fifth lecture by Bishop Kallistos Our theme is the liturgy after the Liturgy. I'm reminded of Tolstoy's story, called The Three Hermits. Do you know it? Once upon a time there was a bishop traveling from...
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A peaceful ending to our life

Bodily death as an experience of healing Orthodox Peace Fellowship retreat in Vézelay, April 1999 / final lecture by Bishop Kallistos Our theme during these days together has been to explore peace understood in terms of healing, of wholeness. So we looked at the wholeness of the human person in my first two talks, and...
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Vézelay Parish

The Orthodox Parish of St. Stephen and St. Germain of Auxerre Dear friends, At Vézelay, a center of Christian worship and pilgrimage since the eighth century, the Holy Liturgy of the Orthodox Church has been celebrated regularly for the past 20 years. Taking part in eucharistic life in such a village, in which even the...
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Vezelay retreat photos

The Christ of Vézelay, a Romanesque carving over the main inner doors of the basilica. Bishop Kallistos (right) and Fr. Stephen Headley. Bishop Kallistos tells one of many funny stories. Mark Parson and Archbishop Joseph are on either side. During the retreat, the relics of St. Mary Magdalene were placed on the chapel altar in...
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Confession: the Sacrament of Reconciliation

by Jim Forest Without confession, love is destroyed. It is impossible to imagine a vital marriage or deep friendship without confession and forgiveness. If you have done something that damages a relationship, confession is essential to its restoration. For the sake of that bond, you confess what you've done, you apologize, and you promise not...
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Embracing the Orphans and Outcasts Among Us

by Renee Zitzloff a lecture given at the Orthodox Peace Fellowship conference at St. Tikhon's Monastery, South Canaan, Pennsylvania, in June 2002 Although the dictionary defines orphan as "a child whose parents are dead," I think of an orphan as anyone who either doesn't have a family or someone to take care of him as...
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