March 30, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 49 Part 48 Dinner The time of the evening service flew, and soon a monk came up to me, showing that it was time to…
March 29, 2022 A Few Thoughts on Inspiration In my personal experience of meeting people, in private conversations or hearing confessions, I often catch myself thinking about inspiration as something that we…
March 28, 2022 The Power of the Sign of the Cross The power of the sign of the cross is known since the times of the holy apostles who performed miracles by it. Once, St…
March 24, 2022 Why Does God Hide from Us the Date of His Second Coming? Concluding his discourse on the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world, Jesus Christ says, “always be on the watch, and pray…
March 23, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 48 Part 47 Evening at St Gregory Monastery The shower was opposite our room door. Suddenly Igor and I dropped our backpacks near the beds…
March 22, 2022 Venerable Seraphim of Sarov on Asceticism of Lent “Besides eating rarely, Fasting also means not eating much. Apart from eating once a day, one should also limit the quantities of the consumed…
March 20, 2022 Why Can’t You Just Have God in Your Soul? Why, in order to be a believer, it is necessary to adhere to some religion and to observe certain rituals? Can’t you just have…
March 17, 2022 Where Can We Find God’s Grace? We often use this word, but do we always know what it means? How can we acquire the grace of the Holy Spirit? Can…
March 16, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 47 Part 46 Father Paul Approaching the monastery, we could not even imagine that our stay there would be so warm and memorable. The descent…
March 14, 2022 Is It Necessary to Limit Marital Relations in Lent and How to Do It? Pastoral Advice The Church does prescribe limiting intimate relationships during Lent, but we need to understand that there are at least two sides to every story….
March 14, 2022 Iconoclasm and its Victims. What Happens when the Church Becomes Drawn into Politics? What made Byzantine Christians take up arms against one another in the stronghold of the Orthodox world of the eighth – early ninth centuries? …
March 10, 2022 The Achievements of Orthodox Priests and Monks in Science and Technology Few will dispute the significance of the Church’s contribution to European civilisation. After the fall of the ancient world, monks and priests took on…
