September 26, 2019 Wise Peacemaker: A Monk Who Humbled His Brother for the Sake of the Cell The seventh Beatitude is: Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God (Matthew 5:9). What does it mean? “Those who…
September 26, 2019 The Elevation of the Holy Cross – “I Have Been Given All Authority in Heaven and on Earth.” “On earth”? During the first centuries of Christian history, there was little visible evidence that this – Christ’s final declaration before his Ascension –…
September 26, 2019 Let Us Try to Become “Wise Thieves”: Saints on the Christ’s Cross and the Cross of Everyone of Us The veneration of the Lord’s cross is inseparably connected with the Atonement Sacrifice of the Godman Jesus Christ. By venerating the cross, the Orthodox…
September 25, 2019 Why Do We Not Keep the Old Testament Feasts? St. Paul was once intent upon visiting his new convert church in Corinth, and wrote them that he intended to visit them after passing…
September 25, 2019 10 Reasons Bivocational Ministry Matters “I didn’t come to seminary to be a bivocational minister, to have to get another kind of job,” my student told me. I may…
September 25, 2019 Grand Princesses’ Dolls I was standing in front of an icon depicting St. Joachim and St. Anna and the little Virgin Mary, and I thought that all the saints…
September 24, 2019 Be Here Now: Stability as Virtue “A tree which is often transplanted does not bear fruit.” St. Euthymius the Great Let us take some time to contemplate the importance of…
September 24, 2019 Unconditional Love Things can be different. When you see a person for the first time, you hug him, notice the sincerity in his eyes, and feel…
September 24, 2019 St. Silouan of Mt. Athos: “The Lord Loves Us Sinners and Calls Us to Himself” Everyone in life has his own battle of Stalingrad, his own cross, his own Golgotha. There are moments when it seems that circumstances are…
September 23, 2019 Key Milestones in the Life of the Convent Late in August, our Convent celebrated its twentieth anniversary. August 22, 1999 is considered the date of its establishment. It was the day when our…
September 23, 2019 Defining Love These past few weeks, we have been enriched by so many parables in the Gospels, speaking to us about the importance of bearing fruit in…
September 20, 2019 Turn the Other Cheek – From the Desert Fathers The daughter of a certain rich man in Alexandria was suddenly seized by a wicked spirit and was tormented severely. Her father spent much…
