Jesus Prayer

Jesus Prayer

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The Jesus Prayer, also called the Prayer of the Heart by some Church Fathers, is a short, formulaic prayer often uttered repeatedly. It has been...

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

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The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is a Major Archiepiscopal "sui iuris" Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the Roman Catholic Church, with...

Incorruptibility

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Incorruptibility is the property of a body — usually a human body — that does not decompose after death. Such a body is sometimes referred to as i...
Christian Monasticism

Christian Monasticism

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Christian monasticism was and continued to be a lay condition—monks depended on a local parish church for the sacraments. However, if the mo...
Leo Allatius

Leo Allatius

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Leo Allatius (Leone Allacci), (circa 1586 - January 19, 1669) was an energetic Greek Catholic scholar and theologian. Allatius was born in Chios...
Josyf Cardinal Slipyj

Josyf Cardinal Slipyj

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Josyf Slipyj (February 17, 1892-February 7, 1984) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic cleric, the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and a...

Eastern Christian Monasticism

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Eastern Christian Monasticism is the life followed by monks and nuns of Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism. Some authors...
Lazarus

Lazarus

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Lazarus (Heb. "God hath helped") is the name of two separate characters mentioned in the New Testament. The more famous one is the subject of the...
Basil Kovpak

Basil Kovpak

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Father Basil Kovpak (or Vasyl Kovpak), a priest formerly of the Archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, is the founder and...
Joseph The Hymnographer

Joseph The Hymnographer

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Joseph the Hymnographer was a monk of the ninth century. He is one of the greatest liturgical poets and hymnographers of the Eastern Orthodox...