July 7, 2021 Holy Righteous Alexei Mechev. Quotes about God’s Love And Mutual Help (Continued) About Prayer Pray and do as you wish. Love and do as you wish! Prayer is given to us as the only all-encompassing means…
July 2, 2021 What Makes Goodness Good? Mark 13: 1-8; 2 Pet. 1: 1-10 St Peter writes, “… You must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness…
June 28, 2021 Holy Righteous Alexis Mechev. Quotes about God’s Love And Mutual Help On June 22, the church commemorates Righteous Alexis Mechev, the great elder and confessor to many people. About Compassion And Mutual Help We must…
June 27, 2021 When Is Pity Not a Good Thing? We need to show mercy to other people, and yet we must be strict to ourselves. Self-pity can easily become an obstacle in our…
June 26, 2021 Can Tea and Bricks Be More Important than The Jesus Prayer? A Story Told by Elder Paisios of The Holy Mountain “When in 1953 I came to the Esphigmenou monastery, as a novice, I was assigned to help in the refectory. Once an old and…
June 24, 2021 “The Word of God is His Direct Speech” I often notice and hear from others that one and the same Gospel reading will at one time reveal the truth strongly and convincingly,…
June 21, 2021 Agony in the Garden Should be believe the narratives of the Gospels even when there is no historical evidence to confirm them? The Apostles were asleep while Jesus…
June 17, 2021 Great Elders of the 19th and 20th Centuries about Prayer Prayer is the most important work for any believer, and acquiring it has been a topical issue for many generations. The holy elders living…
June 7, 2021 And We Shall See Christ We have reached today the last Sunday of Paschaltide. On Wednesday we will celebrate the Leavetaking of Pascha, the Feast of Feasts, and on…
May 29, 2021 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh on Inner Silence Soon after my ordination, I was sent to serve in a retirement home. After the service, a decrepit old woman came up to me…
May 25, 2021 St Nilus of Sora and the Dispute about Monastic Property Rights Representing Two Mutually Reinforcing Spiritual Trends in Monasticism The history of the Russian Church often escapes the attention of most Orthodox people. Typically, our…
May 24, 2021 Salvation outside the Church Acts 10: 21-23 As Christians, we have chosen church as our path to eternal life. But is it really the only way? What about…
