May 20, 2019 610 0 What Happened on Mount Athos in 1910 – 1971 The Synaxis of all Russian saints who lived on Mount Athos is celebrated in the Russian St. Panteleimon Monastery on Mt. Athos on May 7/20. That…
May 20, 2019 408 0 Need for Monasticism: What Makes People Think of Becoming a Monk? Over the past thirty-five years, I have lost count at the number of lay people who have voiced interest in monasticism. Many have told…
May 19, 2019 1025 0 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 2794 0 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 370 0 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 1230 1 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 842 0 “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 413 0 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 1142 0 “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 6778 0 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…