February 2, 2022 Anointing with Oil in Antiquity and in the Christian Church The anointing with oil (primarily as a remedy for bodily ailments) has been widespread among the peoples of the Middle East since ancient times….
February 2, 2022 “Walls Will Come Apart with Love!” Father Vitaly Confronted Every Evil with His Humility and Love We continue to acquaint you with the everyday saints of the 20th century. Our narrative today will centre on Schema-Archimandrite Vitaly (Sidorenko). Already as…
February 1, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 41 Part 40 Vespers And Evening Meal Our windows were located almost directly above the monastery’s semantron. Everyone jumped up and dressed quickly, like soldiers…
January 31, 2022 Spiritual Instructions of Elder Joseph the Hesychast Anger as such is natural. Just as there are nerves in the body, it is the nerve of the soul. We should use it…
January 31, 2022 Where Do New Souls Come From? The Bible describes the creation of only one person’s soul, and this is the soul of Adam. The Holy Scriptures contain no exact data…
January 29, 2022 It’s Not Only in a Monastery That You May be Saved In the Synaxarium, on the 3rd day of September, St Basil, among other things, says, “Make no mistake thinking that everyone is saved in…
January 28, 2022 Icon As a Stairway to Heaven. Gilded Icon-case Carving from the Town of Vetka We often see hand-painted icons being placed in icon cases. A typical icon-case looks like a glazed box, designed to ensure the best conditions…
January 27, 2022 Is There a Remedy for Other Peoples’ Passions? — Your Holiness, what line of behaviour would you recommend to those living under the same roof with an individual possessed by a…
January 26, 2022 Some of the Rarest Materials and Methods of Creating Sacred Images Today when we see carved icons made of wood or ivory, as well as obsidian or stone icons, we consider them unusual. But if…
January 26, 2022 What Can the Fall of Jerusalem Teach Us? The scripture teaches us about multiple historical events. One of them leaves us a poignant lesson in both politics and religion. I am referring…
January 25, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 40 Part 39 Focus of View and St Paul of Xeropotamou Nicholas respectfully hung my belt over the back of a chair and closed his…
January 24, 2022 Why Was Eating Pork Forbidden in the Old Testament? It is not just pork that the Old Testament forbids eating. The book of Leviticus contains a list of so-called unclean animals that should…
