August 1, 2019 “Only in God Can You Find Joy” We continue our celebration of life, our celebration of the victory over death. We suffer much in this world, we have many trials, diseases,…
August 1, 2019 Saint Seraphim’s Spiritual Science From time to time, the Lord sends His people great soothsayers, great saints, who admonish the people, preparing them for great changes in the…
August 1, 2019 Voluntary Obedience to a Spiritual Father Prevents Spiritual Death By definition, an Orthodox Christian is one who strives to be obedient to the Commandments and, at the same time, obediently tries to fulfill…
July 31, 2019 Confession – Relief or Torture? “Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.” James 5:16 “Receive the Holy Spirit! If you…
July 31, 2019 What Do Icons Cry for? “Weeping Icons? Get Serious…” That would have been my reaction when I was a Protestant long ago, even when I was an Anglo-Catholic Episcopalian….
July 30, 2019 The Secret of The Good Shepherd Parable “To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice.” (John 10:3) The story of Christ The Good Shepherd is well known to us. It…
July 30, 2019 What Do We Know About Passions and Virtues? What are passions? Passions are the uncontrolled desires that come from our bodily needs. They subordinate our soul to our egoistic or self will….
July 29, 2019 Meekness Fuels Our Faith Not Power or Physical Aggression Now we have heard the reading of the Gospel about the healing of the Roman centurion’s servant. When the Savior, at the request of…
July 29, 2019 Becoming Spiritual Beings Is the True Aim of Our Faith St. Seraphim of Sarov, in his conversation with Motovilov, says that “Acquiring the Holy Spirit of God is the true aim of the Christian Life.” All…
July 28, 2019 The Prototypes of Cross Procession in the Old Testament Today, perhaps, every believer is familiar with Cross processions. We perform solemn processions within our capacity praising and glorifying God. Even in those Cross…
July 27, 2019 Is Our Idea of What Sin Really Is Right? “You sinner!” The preacher thundered from the pulpit in our small Pentecostal church, and, as a 10-year-old boy, he had me convinced. Yep, I…
July 27, 2019 The Main Spiritual Advice to All Believers from His Beatitude Onufriy – Your Beatitude, which main spiritual advice would you give to our readers on the day of your namesake from the perspective of your…
