April 14, 2026 When Forgiveness Opens the Way Perhaps every priest carries within him a Paschal story—a true one, when all that remains to say is: Christ is risen! Any other words…
April 7, 2026 Could Judas Have Been Forgiven—Like Peter? The name of Judas has become a byword. Even those who have never read the Gospel know who he is: the one who betrayed…
April 7, 2026 “Who Will You Leave Your Children With?” How the Mother of God Turned a Woman Back from the Edge In the first year of my priesthood—this was in 1991—I regarded the…
March 24, 2026 St John of the Ladder and the Order of the Heart What the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent Reveals to Us On the fourth Sunday of Great Lent, the Orthodox Church commemorates Saint John of…
March 24, 2026 How to Unload a Lorry of Bricks Without Growing Weary A story about the strength of prayer This happened many years ago, when I was serving my obedience as a prosphora baker. It’s a…
March 10, 2026 Why Temptations Often Intensify During Great Lent Is it true that the devil especially tempts believers during Great Lent? Both yes and no. On the one hand, the evil spirits always…
March 10, 2026 What Is Grace? How God Shares His Life with Us The Church dedicates the second Sunday of Great Lent to St Gregory Palamas. This commemoration recalls a fundamental truth that he defended in the…
February 24, 2026 The Triumph of Orthodoxy: From History to the Heart The first Sunday of Great Lent bears a striking and solemn name: the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. It concludes the most intense…
February 24, 2026 The Trap of Perfection. St. Nectarios on Pride Disguised as Repentance We often mistake repentance for self-punishment. St Nectarios of Aegina shows why despair over our sins can be a sign not of humility, but…
February 10, 2026 Do You Love Me or Not? A friend once shared this story with me. A man I will call Mikhail had entered a dark season in his life. Everything seemed…
February 10, 2026 Why Do We Call Ourselves Servants of God, If We Are Sons? A reader asks: The Lord’s Prayer begins with the words “Our Father.” God is our Father, and we are His children. The Scriptures speak…
January 27, 2026 A Chosen Vessel of the Mother of God: The Life of the Athonite Elder Hieromonk Hieronymus Today’s account is offered in memory of the Athonite elder, Hieromonk Hieronymus (Solomentsov), who reposed on 27 November 1885. The Venerable Hieronymus (Solomentsov) was…
