June 18, 2020 I Question My Salvation In a conversation with a protestant who had some knowledge of Orthodoxy, he asked me if I was saved? In fact he wondered if…
June 15, 2020 King Solomon on Dealing with Fools He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner,…
June 8, 2020 The Oak of Mamre: Beginning Of The Revelation The episode at the oak of Mamre, recorded in Genesis 18, is one of the strangest and most mysterious in the scriptures. It has…
June 6, 2020 Archimandrite Andrew (Konanos): Your Faith Becomes Cold If You Avoid the Divine Liturgy Go to the temple of God to multiply your faith. Something wrong? Your computer broke down and you want to fix it? Ask Christ…
June 5, 2020 Soul’s Own Circles or Absolute Value That Is Unmatched by Anything Mark 11:23-26 Ephesians 3:8-21 One day, the Lord said the following in response to the disciples’ astonishment that a barren fig tree had immediately…
June 2, 2020 Work and Spiritual Growth Recently I’ve run across a pretty surprising opinion. A man I respected claimed that his job impeded his spiritual growth. I mean, drawing endless…
June 1, 2020 Holy Fathers on Sickness You are afraid and confused in the spirit that cholera is approaching your area, and you are asking for my advice and encouragement….
May 30, 2020 What Ascetic Means Are Recommended to Combat the Passion of Filthiness? 1. In order to conquer sin, first of all it is necessary to hate it, to realize all its perdition and abomination before God…
May 29, 2020 It’s Not Always Possible to Judge Others by Yourself It happens that pious people who please God with various deeds are confused when they see people who are also pious, but who, in…
May 29, 2020 A True Friend or What Must Remain on this Side of the Grave? Saint Barlaam says in one of his parables, “One man had three friends. He loved the first two especially, and was ready to sacrifice…
May 27, 2020 The Pleasures: Which Are Blameworthy and Which Are Innocent? “Pleasures” are those things which give pleasure (ηδονή) and sweeten our lives. They are dual, like our human nature. As we possess a body…
May 24, 2020 15 Quotations of St. Barsanuphius of Optina 1. Eternal torment and eternal bliss are not things that only come from the outside. They are primarily found within man himself. The Kingdom…
