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The Gift — 79 episodes

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The Liturgy Slowly#38: the Exaltation of the Life Giving Cross

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The Liturgy Slowly #42: the beginning of the end, the Elevation of the Gifts

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The Liturgy Slowly #41: The Infinite reaches out and touches the finite

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The Liturgy Slowly #40: become the Temple of the Lord

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The Liturgy Slowly #39: Now is the time, to receive communion

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The Synaxis of Joachim and our Patroness Anna, and the Birth of the Mother of God

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The Liturgy Slowly #37: the Fraction, breaking the Body

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The Liturgy Slowly #36: The Prayer of the Physician

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Money Sunday: the Sunday after the Dormition of the Theotokos

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The Dormition (Falling Asleep) of the Birth-Giver of God

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The Liturgy Slowly #35: The prayers before the Lord's Prayer

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The Liturgy Slowly #34: The Lord's Prayer, Thy Kingdom come.

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The Liturgy Slowly #33: The Lords Prayer, whose Father? Our Father

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The Liturgy Slowly #32:kenosis: self emptying as personhood

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Feast of Holy Pentecost

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Ascension of Christ: awaiting the 'dynamis' of the Spirit means facing up to our human freedom

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The Sunday of the Man born Blind. 2020

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St Thomas Sunday 2020

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Vesperal Divine Liturgy of Holy Saturday 2020

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The Lamentations Service Holy Week 2020

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Imperial Hours Holy Week 2020

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Service of the 12 Gospels of Christ's Passion

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Unction Service Holy Week 2020

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Bridegroom Matins Holy Tuesday 2020

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The Liturgy slowly #31: O Lord, who at the Third Hour: the silent and still dynamic action of the Holy Spirit

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The Liturgy slowly #30: This reason-endowed worship: making sure we adore God and venerate icons

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The Liturgy slowly #29: Thine of thine own: forgiveness is more than behaviour modification

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The Liturgy slowly #28: This is my Body: the Last Judgement is about what we have done for Christ's body

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The Liturgy slowly #27: This whole dispensation: the centuries old loving response of the Father to the Prodigal children

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The Liturgy slowly #26: Holy, holy, holy: making sense of the bodiless powers

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The Liturgy slowly #25: The Sanctus: blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord

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The Liturgy slowly #24: Ineffable, inconceivable, invisible, incomprehensible: You, oh God

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The Liturgy slowly #23: Lifting up you: heart and soul

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Baptism: the anaphora of Life

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Into the desert: the Sunday after Nativity

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The genealogy of Christ: God has a plan

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The Liturgy slowly #22: In one mind let us confess: the exchange of peace

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The Liturgy slowly #21: The litany of completion: immaculate but not conceived as such.

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The Liturgy slowly #20: The Great Entrance: noble Joseph

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The Liturgy slowly #19: The Great Entrance: stand aright, lay aside every earthly care, you are worthy.

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The Liturgy slowly #18: The Great Entrance: the heavenly procession

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The liturgy slowly #17 : The purpose of liturgy: compassion

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The liturgy slowly #16: The end of the Liturgy of the Catechumens

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The Liturgy Slowy #15: The conscientious sower: the first of the wisdom prayers

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The Liturgy Slowly #14: The crossroads of Nain: the dismissal of the catechumens.

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The Liturgy in Slow Motion #13: The prokemenon: lining out, or building the body of Christ through songs and psalms

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Special episode: the Reitlinger frescos

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Liturgy in Slow Motion #3: In Peace, let us pray to the Lord.

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Liturgy in Slow Motion #2: 'Blessed is the Kingdom of God': the saints as sinews of the Body of Christ

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Liturgy in Slow Motion #1: after Pentecost- redeeming the time

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Pentecost: the gift of the Holy Spirit

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The Sunday of the Paralysed Man: the healing and transfiguring ministry of the church

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Pascha: the Gift of Light, belief in doubt

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Homily for the Lamentations service of Holy Friday

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Great and Holy Thursday 2019

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Resurrection, what is it, really?

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The Liturgy Slowly #12 Silence and the Ladder of Divine Ascent

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The Annunciation and Uncreated Energies of God

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The Liturgy Slowly #11. Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy upon me, a sinner

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The Sacraments: marriage, monasticism and single life, relationships as icon

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Extra: on the Social Concept document of the Russian Church

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The Liturgy Slowly #10: Forgiveness and healing

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The Liturgy Slowly #9. Amongst the first: The talents of shepherding

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The Liturgy Slowly #8: And unite us all.

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The Liturgy Slowly #7: Yours of your own

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The Feast of the Baptism of Creation by Christ (6th Jan 2019)

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The Liturgy Slowly #1: The Procession of the People of God (12th Aug 2018)

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Transfiguration: The last of the stories of Christ (12th Aug 2018)

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The Liturgy Slowly #3: Placing of the Gifts (21st Oct 2018)

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The Liturgy Slowly #2: The Cherubic Hymn (7th Oct 2018)

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The Liturgy Slowly #4: The Creed (4th Nov 2018)

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Feast of the Conception of the Theotokos (9th Dec 2018)

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12th Aug 2018

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Feast of Ss Joachim and Anna 9th Sept 2018

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23rd Sept 2018

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The Liturgy Slowly #5: The Anaphora (11th Nov 2018)

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The Liturgy Slowly #6: Institution Narrative (18th Nov 2018)

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Sunday after the Nativity 30th Dec 2018

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Pascha 2018