February 23, 2021 The Devil is Expelled by Fasting, Reading the Gospel and Fighting Evil Thoughts Speaking about the means serving to disgrace and drive away the devil, we have already mentioned prayer, humility, reading the Psalter, diligence and prayer…
February 23, 2021 Insanity — a Defence against the Madness of the World Most Orthodox Christians in our part of the world will know the Venerable Saint Simeon of Verkhoturye. Yet few are familiar with the life…
February 22, 2021 How Long before Political Correctness Brings Animal Rights Fighters to Start Questioning the Bible? The fine balance between protecting animal rights and attacking humans. People whom we would now call activists have existed in all times. They are…
February 22, 2021 Sex and Teenagers Anita Wood Brewer was Elvis Presley’s girlfriend from 1957-1962. The cultural understanding of sex and dating was drastically different in the 1950’s and the…
February 21, 2021 Triodion History in Brief On the island of Zakynthos a unique ceremony takes place at the beginning of the Triodion. The book of the Triodion is placed on…
February 21, 2021 Sunday Sermon: The Publican and the Pharisee Luke 18:10 – 14 2 Timothy 3:10 – 15 The preparation period for the Great Lent has started, and in today’s readings we hear…
February 20, 2021 God, Almighty and All-powerful In the early modern and modern ages, there is one common view of God that has taken precedence in philosophy and in culture in…
February 20, 2021 A Story Told by Elder Paisios about a Young Monk Setting His Cell on Fire to “Disinfect” It after It Was “Defiled” by a Woman Reflecting on how a person’s thoughts are indicative of his spiritual state, Venerable Elder Paisios once said, “People interpret the reality in accordance with…
February 19, 2021 Prophet Shemaiah on War and the Immutability of God’s Will As we may be aware, prophecy in the Old Testament was not the lot of only four great and twelve minor prophets listed by…
February 19, 2021 A Story about Martyrius, a Monk who Carried Christ You all know, brethren, the immutable truth that the Lord Himself has always been, is now and always will be merciful to those who…
February 18, 2021 Venerable Brigid, Abbess of Kildare The most venerated Irish woman saint, St. Brigid (Bridget, Bride) lived in the second half of the fifth century and the early sixth century….
February 17, 2021 “The Kingdom of God Grows within Us, and This Does Not Depend on Where We Live.” Selected Quotes from Elder John (Krestyankin) Archimandrite John (Krestyankin) departed to God fifteen years ago on 5 February 2006 at the Pskov-Pechory Lavra. Today, we pay tribute to this exceptional…
