Orthodox Perspectives Concerning Marital Sex

Very interesting article from: http://orthodoxchurchlife.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/orthodox-perspectives-concerning-marital-sex/

THERE IS NO SEX IN THE CHURCH

by Fr. Sergei Sveshnikov 1

Source: Fr. Sergei Sveshnikov, “There is no sex in the Church” in “American Theological Inquiry, Volume Four, Issue One: A Biannual Journal of Theology, Culture, and History”, Wipf & Stock (Feb. 4 2011) 61-84.http://atijournal.org/ATI_Vol4_No1.pdf

[PLEASE NOTE: This article deals with adult subject matter and is intended for adult readers. If you are offended by the discussion of human sexuality, this article is not for you. Some sections of this article contain very graphic language and reader discretion is strongly advised.]

Beauty of the Heart

Time washes away physical beauty, and sickness eats it up, but beauty of the heart is beyond all changes. The former arouses anger and produces jealousy, but the latter is not susceptible to similar passions and knows no vainglory. 

+ Saint John Chrysostom

"I always liked to be elegant, later I found out that being elegant comes from the inside...Elegance is to love , To give and forgive" 

+ Mama Maggie Gobran

Sister Vassa Larin: Orthodoxy Is Not a Religion of Fear

Sister Vassa Larin: Orthodoxy Is Not a Religion of Fear
Vienna. May 4, 2009

http://www.rocorstudies.org/interviews/2009/05/04/vienna-may-4-2009-sister-vassa-larin-orthodoxy-is-not-a-religion-of-fear/

Please tell us about your background and explain why you decided to study theology.

I was born and raised in the ROCOR, more specifically in the family of a ROCOR priest in Nyack, NY. When I was a novice living in a small monastic community in Munich, it was Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany who sent me, along with several other monastics of his diocese, to study theology at the Institute for Orthodox Theology of the University of Munich. His reason for doing this was simple: our diocese needed certified teachers of Orthodox Theology for our parish schools, and we happened to have an Orthodox Institute in Munich. Since higher education in Germany was then free, Vladyka decided to take advantage of this. His decision shocked me at the time, because it never entered my mind that I as an American could study at a German university.