November 26, 2020 Mysteries of the Book of John The Book of John stands out among the other gospels of the Bible in many ways. Only in this gospel do we find accounts…
November 26, 2020 “Love is Above Fasting!” Simple Stories with St Tikhon of Zadonsk During his long life, Saint Tikhon wrote many spiritual works. The present generation of believers continue to turn to them for consolation, admonition, and…
November 25, 2020 “Tell Me, Sister… Who Is Better – God or the Devil?” A Striking Episode with a Drunken Man at a Bus Stop It happened in the mid-1990s, during my visit to Kiev from Jerusalem, where I live permanently. With a friend we visited the Kitaevsky monastery…
November 25, 2020 On Gratitude, Modern Utopianism, and the Cross of Christ The Holy Fathers teach us that in order to conquer any given passion, we must strive to cultivate the opposing virtue. If we are…
November 25, 2020 The Lay Sisters of Saint Elisabeth Convent In this video the lay sisters of Saint Elisabeth Convent talk about their ministry and how much it changed their lives.
November 24, 2020 Why Did Saint John Chrysostom Call to Strike the Blasphemers? Would a Christian be justified in confronting a blasphemer with physical force, if all other means of calling him to reason fail? This question…
November 24, 2020 Distinguishing the Desire to Help from the Desire to Please? Question: Could you please tell me how I can distinguish the desire to help someone from people-pleasing? If helping a person gives you an…
November 24, 2020 About Distributing the Food Allowance Luke 12: 42-48 2 Thes. 1:10–2:2 Once the Lord told a parable about slaves who were honestly staying awake, diligently doing their assigned work…
November 23, 2020 How Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Had to Be Devious with the BBC In the mid-1950s, when the future Metropolitan Anthony began speaking on the BBC, broadcasting was done strictly according to a previously approved text simply…
November 22, 2020 About the Poor, the Hungry and Those who Mourn Luke 6: 17-23 Phil. 1: 27-2: 4 St Matthew the Evangelist begins to expound this conversation of the Lord Jesus Christ in the following…
November 22, 2020 “Do You Want to See an Angel?” St. Nektarios and His Instructions November 9/22 we remember St. Nektarios of Aegina, a modern ascetic and wonderworker. His life is amazing: the Lord manifested in a visible and…
November 22, 2020 Mickey Rourke Plays in the Film about Orthodox Saint The life and struggles of St. Nektarios of Aegina, the “saint of our century,” will soon come to life on the big screen, in…
