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  1 Intro|              of~the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Even before
  2 Intro|              the need to turn to the Church Fathers for theological~
  3 Intro|            un-Orthodox~tendencies of Church life, in 1918 he was appointed
  4 Intro|           chosen to head the~Russian Church Abroad. He kept the exile
  5 Intro|            Abroad. He kept the exile Church on the path of strict Orthodoxy,
  6 Intro|              which divided the exile Church and which grieved~Metropolitan
  7 Intro|       present primate of the Russian Church Abroad. While he was a young
  8 Intro|           was look at him praying in church in order to he enflamed~
  9 Intro|          particular, his comments on~Church life often do not apply
 10 Intro|              priest.” In the Russian Church all priests have the right
 11 Intro|        meaning, whereas in the Greek Church only those priests~who have
 12 Intro| Protopresbyter George Grabbe (in~The Church and Her Teaching in Life,
 13 1    |              then rush to get out of church?”~Admittedly there is not
 14 1    |       confessions of everyone in~the church at the same time. Then they
 15 1    |              manner laid down by the Church and not in a~pastoral spirit.
 16 2    |           cultivated by centuries of Church life; although Church life
 17 2    |             of Church life; although Church life has been shaken in
 18 2    |               in accordance with the Church’s teaching, he looks upon
 19 2    |              the eyes of God and~the Church than all the other things
 20 2    |           just “the~right to perform Church services,” but a definite
 21 2    |           quoted these words of this~Church Father more than once in
 22 3    |           will ask for confession in church,~even outside the usual
 23 4    |      penances~were prescribed by the Church at the Ecumenical Councils
 24 4    |           harder for the sons of the Church than t was~before, when
 25 4    |         corming to~confession are in church by then, these prayers should
 26 4    |           groups of people enter the church during the course of the
 27 4    |             for several hours in the church or near the church, it is~
 28 4    |            in the church or near the church, it is~profitable for some
 29 4    |              the people do not leave church even~after the blessing,
 30 4(9) |       prostrate before each other in church and ask~mutual forgiveness
 31 4    |           prayer which the Universal Church of Christ established from
 32 4(11)|          re-united with the Orthodox Church but have~been allowed to
 33 4(11)|            than that of the Orthodox Church~as it had not been subject
 34 4(11)|              themselves off from the Church —~“straining at a gnat but
 35 4(12)|                          The Russian Church requires her faithful to
 36 4(12)|           Churches such as the Greek~Church do not have a single rule
 37 5    |              in railway stations, in church, in the street, they seized
 38 5    |              be not a servant of the Church,~but a Titular Councilor,
 39 6    |          with the priest outside the~church, or go to see someone who
 40 6    |         listening attentively to the Church prayers and devoting themselves
 41 8    |           eternity, knowing that the Church says, “If thou hidest anything
 42 8    |     incitement of others against the Church and faith, and so on. If
 43 8    |             prays at all or comes to church. If he does neither one
 44 10   |          also for the whole of local church life, if a whole society
 45 10   |              happened in the~Russian Church, both in Great Russia and
 46 10   |         throughout the local Russian Church some thirty years ago, and
 47 10   |             canonized by the Russian Church Outside Russia in 1964,
 48 10   |              a mountain or~roof of a church and shows them a fiery chariot
 49 10   |            Synod and printed in the~“Church Bulletin” (“Tserkovniya
 50 11   |            within the society of the Church. (Almost all the~sicknesses
 51 11   |             place people outside the~Church, and such people have, in
 52 11   |            be received back into the Church if they offer~repentance.)~
 53 11   |          their neighbour to serve in church or commune the~Holy Mysteries;
 54 12   |              the rest for sermons in church (without~personal allusions,
 55 12   |            those giving~money to the Church. Indeed, we cannot but admit
 56 12   |            they sing~or read well in church and people praise them for
 57 12   |     obedience which is useful to the Church, in accordance with God’
 58 13   |              faithful to God and the Church, have~humbled themselves
 59 13   |             general come to know the Church’s prayers.~If the feelings
 60 13   |            in opposition to God, the Church, the~priest, his elders,
 61 13   |          forgetting the way to God’s Church and their~spiritual fathers.
 62 13   |       against the holy things of~the Church and the prayer of believers.
 63 13   |             printed against God, the Church and God’s commandments,~
 64 13   |           how much more,~to love the Church, one’s parents and one’s
 65 13   |          have little respect for the Church canons, but they should
 66 13   |            and is~even cursed by the Church, there will, of course,
 67 17   |            pious people who love the Church and~live in a sober fashion,
 68 17   |      maintaining a pious life in the Church and for acquiring~riches.
 69 17   |          kinsfolk, not supported the Church, cast his business partners
 70 17   |     sometimes makes~donations to the Church or to good causes, but such
 71 17   |              built a large, splendid church and summoned his old uncle
 72 17   |            Yes, it’s a big, splendid church,” said the old man, “it’
 73 17   |            all of them into this big church.”~The old man could talk
 74 17   |            dedication to God and the Church~(“and come and follow Me”).
 75 17   |      exceptional petitions~which the Church makes on behalf of those
 76 17   |              divine power.”xxxiv The Church calls~church-builders “blessed”
 77 17   |            but those who have seized Church property are not to communicate
 78 17   |              and others).~Robbers of Church property are subject to
 79 17   |          people to give money to the~Church and benevolent institutions,
 80 18   |         although not often, to God’s church and even to confession.
 81 18   |      favourably disposed towards our Church, but~were putting off Holy
 82 18   |    Chrysostom and other contemporary Church Fathers~condemned and exhorted
 83 18   |              excommunicated~from the Church for twenty years. However,
 84 18   |          only received back into the Church and~given Holy Communion
 85 18   |        acquaintances that they go to Church and prepare for Communion~ ~
 86 18   |             eating or when passing a church, not wanting people to know
 87 19   |              a person about going to church~regularly or attention to
 88 19   |              forgot the way to God’s church years ago, and never~so
 89 19   |             him away from prayer and church? Have you~sowed the seeds
 90 20   |           prayed every day using the Church’s prayers, enumerating your
 91 20   |             sins, and if you went to~church and saw how Christians make
 92 20   |           the various beliefs of the~Church and her sacred customs,
 93 20   |           anyone who was absent from church for three weeks running
 94 20   |              excommunicated from the Church and, if he~repented, was
 95 20   |         doesn’t pray or take part in church services will never be able
 96 20   |         display myself before Him in church.’ They are lying. Would
 97 20   |           Christian, as a son of the Church: for even~those who do so
 98 20   |           not flee~for refuge to the Church, then all he has left are
 99 21   |              very sin, as we sing in church: ‘and have wasted my~whole
100 21   |              Do not try to~go to the church where the service finishes
101 21   |              for the poor or for the Church, or else~earn money for
102 21   |            you will also observe the~Church fasts, since the Councils
103 21   |           soul, after which even the Church’s prayers are powerless.~
104 21   |             even a sinner praying in~church grievously cries out, “No
105 A    |              him (her) unto Thy holy Church through Jesus Christ our
106 C    |              impure thoughts~missing church services~dozing and sleeping
107 C    |      services~dozing and sleeping in church~neglect of prayer~concealing
108 D    |           sinful curiosity?~When the Church requests it, do you willingly
109 D    |         charitable causes and to~the Church?~Have you consulted fortune-tellers?
110 D    |            is required of you by the Church?~If so, that means you are
111 D    |         which have been fixed by the~Church by working for gain or profit?~
112 D    |            people from attendance at church?~Do you conscientiously
113 D    |             services? Do you come to church late, at the middle~or end
114 D    |              it early? Do you attend church on Sundays and feastdays?~
115 D    |           died, do you often pray in church or at home for the repose
116 D    |           towards the pastors of the Church? Have you criticized~them?
117 D    |            you to be~obedient to the Church and her rules?~Have you
118 D    |    relationship without having~had a church marriage?~Do you conduct