December 12, 2019 Who the Holy Books Are Written For? Luke 14:25-35 1 Tim. 1:8-14 The Lord Jesus Christ continued His earthly journey and, as usual, “there went great multitudes with him”. Everyone was…
December 10, 2019 Prophecies of The Old and New Testament Are Being Fulfilled Before Our Eyes Reading the prophets, we see that all the events of the past, present, future are perfectly known to God. This should help us not…
December 9, 2019 How Not to Eat Each Other While Fasting I have been talking with people of the Church live and on social media for quite a few years now, and I have noticed…
December 9, 2019 The Way of the Pilgrim I just returned from a pilgrimage to Mount Athos and as much as I would like to share what one feels in such a…
December 8, 2019 The Fallen Ego versus the Renewing Nous: The Ancient Battle for Supremacy of the Soul In diagnosing the post-fallen human condition, the ancient fathers recognized that the natural order of the soul had become disordered. As a result of…
December 8, 2019 About the Healing of a Woman Who Had a Spirit of Infirmity (Luke 13:10-17). We have heard in the today’s Gospel reading about the healing of a woman who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen…
December 6, 2019 How Does the Church Treat Organ Transplantation? The Orthodox Church is guided by two sources in its activities: Holy Scripture as the word of God and Church Tradition, which in fact…
December 6, 2019 Meekness Is the Best Means of Turning a Sinner From His False Path The apostle James teaches, Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which…
December 6, 2019 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: One Has to Work Hard to Do Good, While the Devil Helps to Do Evil If a Man Doesn’t Live in a Worldly Way, Sinners Make Him a Laughingstock Geronda, why does St. Cyril of Jerusalem say that the…
December 3, 2019 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: We Need Self-Reproach, Not Despair – Father, is it easy for a person, who have just started his spiritual way, to have deep awareness of his sinfulness? When we…
December 3, 2019 Mary, the Ever-Virgin? Recently, a friend e-mailed me and asked if Orthodox Christians believe that Mary was “perpetually a virgin.” The short answer is, yes! The long…
December 2, 2019 Medicine for the Heart One medicine for the heart, is the use of a “Prayer Rule.” This “Rule” is of the utmost importance, for the prayer rule helps…
