July 30, 2021 The Wisdom of Not Judging Our Bishops Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: The Lord says in His Gospel, “Anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the…
July 29, 2021 Did You Know that There Were Two Blessed Matronas? At the turn of the 20th century there were two saints in Russia with the name Matrona and surprisingly similar fates. Both of them…
July 29, 2021 How Do We Recognize the Presence of the Living Christ in Our Hearts? By His Grace — He Never Judges Anyone. An ignorant man with a corrupted mind will seek to clean out the evil from the world outside. A wise mind with the ability…
July 28, 2021 “I Have Lost Everything Except for What I Have Given Away”. Blessing of Elder Gabriel from the Koutloumousiou Monastery in Mt Athos I pray to God that He may grant us His grace, so that we can love Him with all our hearts and souls, and…
July 27, 2021 Conversations about the Jesus Prayer. Father Euthymios. Dionysiou Monastery At the end of October 1951 I spent several days at the Greek monastery of Saint Dionysios. There I met a Greek man from…
July 26, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 3 Part 2 Preparing for Athos From experienced pilgrims on the internet I learned about the diamonitirion (a permission to visit Athos issued by the…
July 25, 2021 Saint Gabriel’s Interpretation of the Parable of the Ten Virgins “…The fact that love is actually the crown of perfection as the final rung of the ladder and that neither this nor theosis is…
July 24, 2021 Big Basil’s Story In his talks with parishioners Fr Oleg Stenyaev often tells short and very vivid and uplifting stories that immediately make you want to write…
July 23, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 2 Part 1 How It Became Possible for Me to Visit Athos I am a rural priest serving in a small church of St Nicholas…
July 23, 2021 «Prayer Is the Most Awesome Thing in the World» — Selected Quotes from the Actor Piotr Mamonov On 15 July, the Russian actor Piotr Mamonov departed to God at seventy years of age. As a tribute to this outstanding actor, we…
July 23, 2021 Why Do People Lose Their Love? About the Spiritual Leaven of Marriage Clearly, love cannot be ‘lost’ ipso facto. Anything less than eternal has no right to be called love. Love is when two persons unite…
July 22, 2021 Is It Possible for a Grave Sinner to Repent at Their Death and Go to Heaven? In principle, yes. But remember that the key element here is repentance. In the Gospel, we find an outstanding example of repentance at death….
