All Saints of North America Orthodox Church

Glorious Liberty

Hello my dear Campers. Today we celebrate freedom. Liberty! And it is not the absence of boundaries, but the capability to do what we should do, to do as we ought to do. Let us start with God. Christianity teaches that apart from Christ, human beings are naturally in a state of bondage—often physical, often psychological, but always spiritual. Through the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ our God,

Hieromonk Seraphim Rose to be Glorified as a Saint

It is now official. Fr. Seraphim Rose, author of such books as Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future, will be glorified as a saint in the Orthodox Church. The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia made the news official this morning. In the Epistle of the Council of Bishops, it was stated: "Recognizing such faith and sanctity is an ever-ongoing process in the life of the Church.

If Christ is risen, why do we still die?

by Archpriest Pavel Velikanov If death has been defeated, why do people still die? Christ did not simply raise the dead—this had happened before, through the prophets and even during His earthly ministry. But those who were raised returned to this life only to die again. What took place in Christ is altogether different. After His Resurrection, He does not die. His human nature passes into a new mode of