May 26, 2021 Episodes from the life of Hegumen Athanasios of Gregoriou Monastery of Mount Athos Elder Ephraim visited elder Athanasios regularly in his cell and confessed to him his intentions. The Hegumen once said to him: “You will be…
May 26, 2021 Growing Colder in Faith after a Few Years in Church: Is This Normal? “I used to enjoy prayers, fasts, lengthy services and pilgrimage trips, but suddenly everything changed. Why?” Reason One. Doubts I believe that growing colder…
May 25, 2021 St Nilus of Sora and the Dispute about Monastic Property Rights Representing Two Mutually Reinforcing Spiritual Trends in Monasticism The history of the Russian Church often escapes the attention of most Orthodox people. Typically, our…
May 24, 2021 Salvation outside the Church Acts 10: 21-23 As Christians, we have chosen church as our path to eternal life. But is it really the only way? What about…
May 24, 2021 Why Don’t Temptations Go Away? In homily 69, St. Isaac reminds us that temptations to sin come upon all people, even the “perfect.” Quoting freely from St. Macarius of Alexandria,…
May 23, 2021 Sunday of the Paralytic Let me draw your attention to these three features of today’s Gospel readings. The first is the sheer horror of being in dire need…
May 22, 2021 Modern Miracles of St Nicholas Saint Nicholas Rescues a Geologist In late autumn the sea surrounding the Solovetsky Islands is already covered with ice. E was a young geologist…
May 21, 2021 The Remains of Some Saints Have Decayed to the Bone. Why Do They Still Call Them Incorruptible? In truth, not all of the saints’ relics are incorruptible. Uncorrupted remains of the body are one out of many criteria for canonisation as…
May 20, 2021 11 Quotes on Love by St Ignatius (Brianchaninov) Do not seek or expect love from anyone. With all your might, seek and demand from yourself love and compassion for people. Love…
May 20, 2021 Exploring Worship: Great Doxology — A Sunrise Hymn to God Our today’s article is dedicated to a wonderful liturgical song called Great Doxology, which is typically sung in the evening, at the very end…
May 19, 2021 Thoughts on White Magic John 6: 27-33 After the stoning of Stephen, “there arose … a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered…
May 18, 2021 Why Do Children Kill Children? Today we see more and more school psychologists and various psychological practices for children and adolescents appear both in our country and abroad. However,…
