September 23, 2021 Good Works Only Matter when They Are Complete From the parable about Eulogius the Monk and a poor paralytic Brethren! The bible does not promise salvation to those who endure some things…
September 23, 2021 History and Features of the Sanctuary Cross Various symbolic images of the cross existed and were used by many nations long before the advent of Christianity. But after the Passion and…
September 22, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 19 Part 18 The Path of Self-will The sun was cauterizing us, and there was no place to hide. My heart was beating in long…
September 22, 2021 Is Bible Study Orthodox? It is unfortunately not uncommon to find Orthodox people who argue that it is not Orthodox to study the Bible. Perhaps clergy and monastics…
September 21, 2021 Caveot Costas: a Fool-for-Christ Expelled from Mount Athos The hermit monks of Mount Athos – called Caveots in Greek – do not reside in any of its monasteries, sketes, or freestanding cells….
September 21, 2021 The Nativity of Our Most Holy Theotokos In Iconography The Holy Scripture of the New Testament says little about the Blessed Virgin and contains absolutely no information about Her Nativity. The church however…
September 20, 2021 3 Secrets of a Happy Marriage from Sts Peter and Febronia Sts Peter and Febronia are two spouses considered the patron saints of the Christian marriage. Their name day is commemorated as the Feast of…
September 20, 2021 That Birth Reveals the Ways of God When Mary of Nazareth first emerged from her mother as a newborn infant and uttered her first newborn cries, few then present could have…
September 19, 2021 Impatience and Anger Saint Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia told this story. “One monastic sister who was passionate about cleanliness became impatient and complained to her elder: ‘Sister…
September 19, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 18 Part 17 Pantocrator Monastery So we set off for Pantocrator Monastery. The walk was neither difficult nor tiring. The narrow rocky trail meandered in…
September 17, 2021 A Brief History of the Order of Church Marriage The scripture refers to marriage and family multiple times. It presents an account of its institution (Genesis 1:28), describes its nature (Genesis 2:24, Matthew…
September 17, 2021 Fragments of Orthodoxy in English Popular Tradition “They were old men with no scholarship. They told me of their thoughts: the things they said within themselves as they sailed with the…
