April 3, 2020 Advice of St. Nicodemus the Hagiorite on Temptations The time of Lent is a time of temptations and spiritual perfection at the same time. If we are to resist temptation and thus…
April 1, 2020 How to Please Your Neighbor in a Right Way? Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification (Romans 15:2). The obligation to please our neighbors directly stems from…
April 1, 2020 Saints on the Right Attitude to Illness After the Fall, disease and death haunt mankind. The world has known many epidemics that have claimed the lives of many people. Some of…
March 30, 2020 Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok’s Views on Coronavirus The light of Christ illuminates everyone. That is why whenever eclipses occur, whenever there are clouds, we stop and look for the Light: where…
March 29, 2020 St. John Climacus: We Should Weep for Our Sins Today we commemorate St. John Climacus. The reason St. John Climacus is so named is because he left us a spiritual guide — the…
March 29, 2020 Understanding Theosis Perhaps the most scandalous doctrine of the Eastern Orthodox Church for heterodox Christians is that of theosis, which is often translated as divinization. It…
March 27, 2020 “Oh, that church is so retro” or Why We Need a Church Which Refuses to Move with the Times A number of years ago I was chatting with a co-worker at my secular job and she asked me to what church I belonged….
March 24, 2020 Fighting a Cross-Less Christianity One of the most difficult things for human persons to face is rejection. Think of a time in your life when you felt rejected….
March 24, 2020 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: Let Us Fight Out of Love for Christ Maybe you are afraid to go to hell and suffer along with demons? I understand if you say this: “My Christ, help me to…
March 23, 2020 What Is the Goal of Being Patient to the End? (Homily of our Father among the Saints Palladius regarding ascetic feat. Prol. Mar. 14) The Lord says, In your patience possess ye your souls….
March 22, 2020 Beholding the Cross: The Third Sunday of Lent Mark 8:34-9:1 Hebrews 4:14–5:6 The Church reminds us that the Lord came to call sinners rather than the righteous to repentance. The Church lays the holy…
March 20, 2020 Archimandrite Andrew Konanos: Don’t Look for Excuses I will tell you a story from patericon. One person visited St. Anthony the Great, asking for advice for a proper spiritual life. The…
