May 19, 2019 On the Question of the Frequent Communion of the Holy Sacraments Most likely, it wasn’t accidental that the Holy Fathers decided to dedicate the Fourth Sunday after Easter to the issue of paralysis. They were…
May 19, 2019 Some Facts from the Life Story of St. Ephraim of Nea Makri Saint Ephraim of Nea Makri is becoming more and more popular with Orthodox Greeks. This saint became known not long ago, in spite of…
May 17, 2019 What Is Enthronement in Orthodoxy? A bishop is a successor of the Apostles and the link between each Christian and the Church because the bishop is the chief priest…
May 17, 2019 The Difference between the Prayer of the Intellect and of the Heart Remembrance of God demonstrates communion with Him and is therefore like prayer. Striving to invoke the holy Name of Christ continuously, through the prayer…
May 16, 2019 “When the Elder Told Me I’d Become a Monk, I Thought: What a Nightmare!” Archimandrite Ephraim, the Superior (Abbot) of Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos, speaks about the special quality of the spiritual life on the Holy…
May 16, 2019 Boris and Gleb: the First Russians Canonized in the History of the Church Holy Right-Believing Princes Boris and Gleb were the first Russians to be canonized by the Church. To a modern-day person, the actions that made…
May 15, 2019 “Priest Is Always Right?” A Difficult Question of Communication with Priests A priest refused to give communion to a one-year-old baby who had drunk some milk two hours before. Both his biological mother and his…
May 15, 2019 Lust and Its Various Types Lust is defined in our Antiochian Pocket Prayer Book as “impure and unworthy desire for something evil”. So sexual lust is only one kind…
May 15, 2019 The Way to Be an Ascetic in Your Everyday Life There is a widely-accepted misconception among us that when one becomes involved in work at home or in business, immediately one steps out of…
May 14, 2019 Concern Over God’s Judgement In homily 51, St. Isaac begins a paragraph by quoting St. Gregory (I don’t know which one): “He is a temple of grace who…
May 14, 2019 On Not Judging Monks Story of Monk Daniel who was falsely accused of fornication. Prologue on March 18. If there’s one group of people that attracts a disproportionate…
May 13, 2019 St. Theophan the Recluse on the Feast of the Myrrhbearing Women (Acts 6:1-7; Mark 15:43–16:8) O tireless women! They didn’t let their eyes sleep and their eyelids close until they found the Beloved One! It…
