March 24, 2023 Does the Expression “Eye for an Eye” Call for Vengeance? The expression “an eye for an eye” comes from the Old Testament and expresses a legal rule aimed at limiting retaliation and replacing it…
March 17, 2023 The Concept of the Heavenly Liturgy in Scripture, the Apocrypha and Ancient Frescoes After years of regularly attending Divine Liturgy and having experienced the Communion of the Blessed Sacrament many times, many of us are well familiar…
September 1, 2022 Venerable Paisios of the Holy Mountain on Self-perfection Elder Paisios used to say: “Purifying one’s soul is not easy. It cannot be done automatically, at the push of a button. Passion cannot…
August 27, 2022 About the Most Holy, Most Pure and Most Blessed Matthew 12:46–13:3 Romans 15:17–29 Once, when the Lord “was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to…
August 19, 2022 St. Paisios the Athonite: “The Devil Enters a Person Who Has Dirt in His Heart.” Speaking of human passions and the devil, Elder Paisios used to say, “A person who deviates from God’s commandments is overcome by his passions….
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 21, 2022 St Gregory Palamas’s Doctrine of Divine Energies in Simple Terms The doctrine of the divine energies began to be developed by the fathers of the first centuries, but it was given its final shape…
March 12, 2022 Mythical Animals in the Bible. Who Are They Really? During Lent, many Christians over-read the Psalter and other books of Holy Scripture. The mention of dragons, unicorns, basilisks, and some other animals appearing…
March 6, 2022 Patriarch Tikhon’s Forgiveness The whole state machinery was up in arms against him while he continued to save the Church against all odds. The Bolsheviks him behind…
February 21, 2022 “I Have the Right to Do Anything — but not Everything Is Beneficial” A Homily on the Parable of the Lost Son Verses from the Four Gospels and Apostolic letters are read at every liturgy. Do they always bring an identical message? Yes and no. But…
