March 27, 2021 “The Purpose of Prayer Is to Learn to Humbly Surrender Oneself to the Will of God.” Instructions of Elder John (Krestiankin) God and Man The world is ruled only by the Providence of God, and this is where lies a believer’s salvation and his power…
March 14, 2021 What Kind of Shadow Do I Cast? «The shadow of Apostle Peter as he passes by» (Acts 5:15) In apostolic times, people flocked to the apostles with their needs, brought their sick…
March 8, 2021 Praying for Money and What St Paisios of the Holy Mountain Thought of It Venerable Paisios spent the years between 1968 and 1979 in his poor kelli of the Honorable Cross in Kapsala, Mount Athos. In most cases,…
March 7, 2021 Fasting to Serve Christ in “The Least of These”: Homily for the Sunday of the Last Judgement Today we continue to prepare to follow our Lord to His cross and empty tomb at Pascha. Great Lent begins a week from tomorrow, and…
March 1, 2021 Patience. A Story from the Paterikon About a monk going from one monastery to another, unable to tolerate the vexation caused by the brethren There are people who always look…
February 28, 2021 The High Expectations of Today’s Prodigal Sons Every word in the parable of the Prodigal Son is important, and the church has spent centuries exploring its meaning. However, our perception of…
February 28, 2021 Moses and the Ten Words Recently I read an interesting critique of American Christianity. It pointed out that in an earlier day the schoolrooms for our children used to…
February 27, 2021 Saturday Sermon. Lovers of Pleasure or Lovers of God? Luke 20:45–21:4 2 Timothy 3:10 – 15 Apostle Paul thus admonishes his disciple Timothy: “But mark this: there will be terrible times in the…
February 25, 2021 St Seraphim (Sobolev): Instructions and Real-life Stories St Seraphim, Archbishop of Bogucharsk , whose memory we celebrate on February 26, left behind many invaluable works and instructions, born from personal experience,…
February 23, 2021 The Devil is Expelled by Fasting, Reading the Gospel and Fighting Evil Thoughts Speaking about the means serving to disgrace and drive away the devil, we have already mentioned prayer, humility, reading the Psalter, diligence and prayer…
February 17, 2021 “The Kingdom of God Grows within Us, and This Does Not Depend on Where We Live.” Selected Quotes from Elder John (Krestyankin) Archimandrite John (Krestyankin) departed to God fifteen years ago on 5 February 2006 at the Pskov-Pechory Lavra. Today, we pay tribute to this exceptional…
February 8, 2021 Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov on Reading the Gospel When reading the Gospel, do not seek pleasure, exaltation or brilliant thoughts. Seek to see the infallibly holy Truth. When reading the Gospel, try…
