August 30, 2020 Holy Fathers on Love for Your Neighbor Saint Ephraim the Syrian Without love, everything is unclean. If someone keeps his virginity, if he fasts or stays alert, if he prays or…
August 26, 2020 Developing a Sacrificial Mindset There are passages in the Scripture that we read, and remember, and even mention in various contexts without truly comprehending their significance. (I rather…
August 25, 2020 Saint Joseph the Hesychast: Only Prayer, Fervent Faith and Tears My child, I pray for your health. Only now I myself feel a little better. And my whole life passed in this way –…
August 22, 2020 We Distance the Guardian Angel from Ourselves because of Our Sins (Homily of Holy Hegumen Anastasius) The Lord is so merciful to us, brethren, that He gives to each of us, at the time of…
August 21, 2020 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: God’s Wisdom and the Environment Ah, what beauty has God created by His single word! What harmony, what diversity! Wherever you look, you can see God’s wisdom and majesty…
August 17, 2020 13 Rules of Life of Saint Isaac the Syrian Here is the wisdom of the great Christian ascetic writer who lived in the seventh century. At the end of his life the saint…
August 16, 2020 Holy Fathers on Carrying One’s Cross To take up your cross is to submit willingly and diligently to the privations and strains that curb the unspoken desires of our flesh….
August 9, 2020 We Feel Like We Are The Most Miserable People On Earth Remember the Apostle’s words, “If only you were not baptized…”? Those are scary words that apply to us in many ways. Why is that?…
August 9, 2020 No Matter How Many Words You Say, It Won’t Do Any Good For I have seen and experienced in many ways that if the grace of God does not enlighten a man, then no matter how…
August 7, 2020 Saint Porphyrios the Kapsokalyvite: Do Exorcism Wisely One day, a priest came to Elder Porphyrios. He wanted an answer to a question that had been bugging him for a long time….
August 3, 2020 Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnitsa: The Air of Heaven and the Air of Hell The man who has embraced the Kingdom of God radiates holy thoughts that come from God. The role of a Christian in the world…
July 29, 2020 Is the Origin of the World a Miracle or a Natural Process? – the Holy Fathers Explain The difference between the biblical and evolutionary narratives of the origin of the world is obvious for most people. However, not everyone thinks why…
