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 7, 2019 What Does Litya During the All-Night Vigil Mean? During the All-Night Vigil before major holidays, the clergy in most parishes and monasteries come out of the altar and march through the entire…
December 6, 2019 Today We Shall Rejoice, Faithful! “Rejoice, O Fulfillment of the Creator’s dispensation!” Divine Liturgy on the Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple. Photos by…
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 5, 2019 3 Stories About Love for Man Lunch is more important Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov) told how his friend, a priest, began to build a church in his parish. Things were going…
December 5, 2019 Elder Porphyrios’ Miracles: “Don’t Call Me Again, Because I’m Dead!” Speaking of the spiritual gifts of the Elder Porphyrios, Elder Paisius the Hagiorite, another world-famous Greek elder, said: ” He has a color TV,…
December 4, 2019 A Royal Priesthood A friend asked: Doesn’t the Bible say all Christians are priests? Then why does Orthodoxy have a separate class of people called priests? And…
December 4, 2019 The Historical Case for Infant Baptism Christian baptism is about conversion, as a quick look at the Orthodox liturgical texts reveals. Questions are addressed to the candidate, requiring him or…
