August 8, 2019 Saint Macarius of Optina: on Sorrows We don’t know why the Lord sends us sorrows, but of course there are three main goals. One of these reasons —and perhaps very often—is…
August 6, 2019 On Intellect and Heart I am sure, for most of you, in your discussions and reading about Orthodox theology all of you have at one point or another…
August 5, 2019 Which God Are You Sacrificing To? In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Ihave something of a confession to…
August 5, 2019 “While We Think About God, We Are with Him!” We are living in favourable times: we can go to church and take communion without the risk of being shot to death or thrown…
August 4, 2019 Why Feeling Bad Is Good Sometimes? By summarizing my personal priestly experience of the Sacrament of Confession, I would like to say the following: a person himself is the cause…
August 3, 2019 How to Bring Harmony to Relationships: Wise Advice from the Song of Songs How beautiful Apostle Paul’s words about love are! Love that shows the path to perfection, to love that can elevate you over everything insignificant…
August 3, 2019 Elder Cleopa: One is Tempted from Eight Sides on the Path of Salvation The Holy Fathers say that on the path of salvation one is tempted by the devil from eight sides: from the front, from behind,…
August 2, 2019 Judge not or How to Be Saved without Effort The sin of judging others is found to be very prevalent in human actions because it can be so easily fallen into: censure of…
July 30, 2019 How to Understand Difficult Bible Passages All Orthodox Christians are supposed to read the Holy Scriptures and learn God’s wisdom from it. However, if we do not just want to…
July 30, 2019 The Secret of The Good Shepherd Parable “To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice.” (John 10:3) The story of Christ The Good Shepherd is well known to us. It…
July 30, 2019 What Do We Know About Passions and Virtues? What are passions? Passions are the uncontrolled desires that come from our bodily needs. They subordinate our soul to our egoistic or self will….
July 29, 2019 Meekness Fuels Our Faith Not Power or Physical Aggression Now we have heard the reading of the Gospel about the healing of the Roman centurion’s servant. When the Savior, at the request of…
