August 27, 2019 Death, The Beginning of Glory Why does the Church celebrate the Dormition (i.e., literally death) of the Mother of God? Why are the days of memory of the saints…
August 26, 2019 Our Transfiguration Why are people willing to sacrifice their sleep to pray at night? Maybe we will understand this by looking at their faces? The night…
August 26, 2019 St. Paisius the Athonite: Power of the Cross Let me give you one example so you can appreciate the power of the cross. Once upon a time there lived a wicked king…
August 26, 2019 Pouring Water on Acid: The Sad Consequences of Spiritual Ignorance I remember, as an undergraduate student in a university chemistry laboratory, a fellow student who was having tremendous difficulty understanding the basic principles of…
August 24, 2019 What Is Love? “I love your new SUV!” “I love this restaurant!” “I love that movie’s soundtrack.” Countless times, I have expressed these types of sentiments. Perhaps…
August 24, 2019 Saint John Climacus on Prayer ‘On Prayer’ is the 28th chapter of St John Climacus’ ‘Ladder of Divine Ascent’, a treatise comprised of 30 chapters (steps) concerning the spiritual…
August 24, 2019 The New Martyrs and Confessors of Solovki As we commemorate the New Martyrs and Confessors of Solovki, it is important not only to honor this day by participating in the Divine…
August 23, 2019 Why Hold Processions? The tradition of religious processions has a very ancient history. It begins, in a sense, as early as the Old Testament times. In essence,…
August 23, 2019 Russian Calvary This week is marked by the memory of the saints of the Solovki. First we celebrated the memory of the translation of the relics…
August 23, 2019 The First Sermon of Christ Any classical public speaking training would tell the aspirant lecturer to always start with a little warm up for the audience‚ in order to get…
August 22, 2019 “He Who Humbles Himself Never Loses!” The Gospel tells us about tares sown among wheat. The tares were weeds that looked very much like wheat. Reapers tell the Master, “Let…
August 22, 2019 My Cenacle of Love. Remembering the Beginning Memories at the break of the Anniversary day. ‘My Convent this’… ‘Our Convent that’… I hear people using possessive case with the word all the…
