December 25, 2018 God Smiles at Adam In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed…
December 24, 2018 St. Martyr Ahmed the Calligrapher The holy New Martyr Ahmed was born in the seventeenth century to a Muslim family in Constantinople. By profession he was a copyist in…
December 24, 2018 Why Your Christmas Celebration Must Include the Eucharist I Hear the Christmas Story and I Think of the Eucharist! The more I hear the Christmas story, the more I’m convinced that…
December 24, 2018 Fr. Andrew (Konanos): Spiritual Life Must Be Without Sanctimony Our life is filled with difficulties but after all, don’t they happen to us because of our own passions? Don’t they happen because of…
December 22, 2018 How to Bring Some Light into “Deserted” Church Here’s something I hear from time to time: “I’d like to join the Orthodox Church, but I visited a local church and it just…
December 22, 2018 Spiritual Father’s Advice: “When You Can’t Any Longer, Go Drink Some Tea” I remember being asked, “There are certain times in my life when I feel depressed, when it’s hard for me to pray, when my…
December 22, 2018 About the Church in Honor of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco We made a video about the construction of the Church in honor of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco in the fall of…
December 21, 2018 Fighting Boredom While Reading Bible or Why Discipline and Diligence Are Necessary I read the Bible through the first time when I was in high school. I was part of a youth group that made it…
December 21, 2018 How Do We Prepare for Christmas? You can’t prepare for Christmas and have fun at the same time. First of all, we should remind ourselves daily about the day…
December 21, 2018 Under the Bethlehem Star: How Many Wise Men Were There? Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to…
December 20, 2018 In the Memory of the Fool-for-Christ the Athonite Elder Gregory (Zumis) On the night of October 22-23, the abbot of Dochariou Monastery of holy Mount Athos, Archimandrite Gregory (Zumis), a close relative of the famous…
December 20, 2018 St. Theophan the Recluse on How Devil Enters Our Heart The Satan seized Judas and taught him how to betray the Lord; Judas agreed and betrayed Jesus. The Satan entered Judas’s heart because the…
