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Another City

A Journal of Orthodox Culture

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How to Be Nothing: Humility, Self-Confidence, and Restoring Love and Joy to the Christian Home

June 11, 2021 / His Eminence Christophoros Atallah

“Not as the world gives, do I give unto you” (John 14:27). But does this promise of our Lord apply not only to His peace, but to other blessings as well. Could it be, for example, that the self-confidence of a Christian needs to be very different from the self-confidence that the world offers us? We endlessly seek approval from others, not just in direct … [Read more...] about How to Be Nothing: Humility, Self-Confidence, and Restoring Love and Joy to the Christian Home

On Pascha We Receive An Invitation To Eternal Life

May 1, 2021 / Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov)

Many readers will recognize Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) as the author of the buoyant, inspiring, and irresistible book “Everyday Saints and Other Stories,” which sold record numbers of copies in Russia and has been translated into 17 languages, including English. In this brief, but powerfully insightful passage excerpted from a 2012 interview, Metropolitan … [Read more...] about On Pascha We Receive An Invitation To Eternal Life

Return to Paradise: The How and Why of Fasting

April 5, 2021 / Fr. Steven Ritter

Return to Paradise: The How and Why of Fasting

We are now well into the Holy and Great Fast of Lent, but for many of us it may have already begun to seem tedious: a routine and perhaps even empty exercise. This article by Fr Steven Ritter addresses this state of mind, offering fresh, thought-provoking, common-sense reminders of why the Fast is important to our spiritual life. By Fr. Stephen Ritter Meatfare Sunday … [Read more...] about Return to Paradise: The How and Why of Fasting

A Reference to Alyosha Karamazov

March 19, 2021 / Christos Yannaras

Ayosha, the “angelic brother” of Dostoevsky’s novel. Aloysha the monastic novice. Alyosha the compassihollonate. Alyosha, who has chosen to live only for God. Yes. But Alyosha the depraved? Alyosha the corrupt. . .Alyosha the insect? Christos Yannaras, one of the foremost living philosophers of Europe, through his careful reading of The Brothers Karamazov has … [Read more...] about A Reference to Alyosha Karamazov

Is That All There Is? Mystery In The World

March 2, 2021 / Daniel Buxhoeveden

Baby in the cosmos

  The insights of Dan Buxhoeveden (J.D from Loyola University, PhD from the University of Chicago) into the relation between natural sciences and the mystery of nature are no mere armchair speculation. He is an Orthodox Christian who teaches at the University of South Carolina and has conducted extensive research into the micro-organization of the cortex and how this … [Read more...] about Is That All There Is? Mystery In The World

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