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It isn't a mistake or accidental that the center of Timeless Christian worship is the Eucharist. We call it Communion because that is the center of WHY we Orthodox pray and worship as we do!

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Fr. Barnabas Powell
May 15, 2024
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Christ is risen!

St. Maximus the Confessor says, “Food is not evil, but gluttony is. Childbearing is not evil, but fornication is. Money is not evil, but avarice is. Glory is not evil, but vainglory is. Indeed, there is no evil in existing things, but only in their misuse.” So, the evil one only wants you to misuse the good and make it detrimental to your soul! And this can be seen clearly in the counterfeit of true communion – codependency!

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