September 20, 2021 That Birth Reveals the Ways of God When Mary of Nazareth first emerged from her mother as a newborn infant and uttered her first newborn cries, few then present could have…
September 19, 2021 Impatience and Anger Saint Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia told this story. “One monastic sister who was passionate about cleanliness became impatient and complained to her elder: ‘Sister…
September 19, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 18 Part 17 Pantocrator Monastery So we set off for Pantocrator Monastery. The walk was neither difficult nor tiring. The narrow rocky trail meandered in…
September 17, 2021 Fragments of Orthodoxy in English Popular Tradition “They were old men with no scholarship. They told me of their thoughts: the things they said within themselves as they sailed with the…
September 16, 2021 Trampling Over Death: Views of the Monks of the Holy Mount on Death and Resurrection On Mount Athos, reminders of death are ubiquitous, yet their perception is unusual. There have been no births here for over a millennium, yet…
September 15, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 17 Part 16 The meetings that facilitated our visit We called in at the icon shop. Behind its counter was a friendly Greek monk with…
September 15, 2021 St. Paisios on Fear of Germs and Holy Things The following conversation that St. Paisios the Athonite had with one of his spiritual children, which is recorded in Elder Paisios of Mount Athos: Spiritual…
September 14, 2021 Are There Any Occupations that Are Incompatible with Christian Belief? In all of your pursuits, have an eye on God. — Abba Isaiah Ever since we were children, we have been told that all…
September 13, 2021 Metropolitan Anthony Pakanich: The Passion that We Conceal the Most Envy can wield much power over us, but often do we all have the courage to recognise its danger in full honesty? Envy is…
September 13, 2021 Calendars Old and New One piece of recent Orthodox history and continued current controversy that often strikes those first learning about the church as odd is the controversy…
September 12, 2021 How God’s Love Delivered a Priest and His Flock from the Abyss of Heavy Drinking A parable from Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh In Russia, 11 September is marked as the day of sobriety. Its celebration resumed in 2014, 100…
September 10, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 16 Part 15 Skete of Prophet Elijah Tapping away with our walking sticks on the rocky path we, a band of pilgrims on Mount Athos,…
