The Mystery of Marriage - A Fellowship of LoveHieromonk Gregorios, Elder of the Cell of St. John the Theologian, Koutloumousiou Monastery, Mount Athos, examines the Orthodox understanding of the Sacrament of Marriage on the basis of Holy Scripture and the writing of the Holy Fathers of the Church. In addition to explaining the sacrament itself, he spends considerable time on the spousal relationship, both prior to and after the marriage, with a view to helping couples understand how to establish

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as well as the post-Communion Prayers of Thanksgiving

When man believes in God and in the future life

this DVD is an inspiring and fitting tribute to this wonderworker who is loved by Orthodox Christians all over the world

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worship and what it means to live by the teaching of the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes

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to abide in the fullness of communion with Him

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Although he lived the last twenty-eight years of his life as a hermit