October 30, 2020 627 0 Saint Macrina, the Fourth Great Cappadocian? Saint Macrina is a well-known ascetic, sister of Saints Gregory of Nyssa and Basil the Great, two of the three great Cappadocian church fathers….
October 23, 2020 231 0 Instructions of Saint John of Shanghai “We are surrounded by great Providence. There is no “fate” or “blind destiny”. There is however the Unsleeping Eye of God’s love and…
October 20, 2020 713 0 St Euphemia the All-Praised Appearing to Elder Paisios We bring to the attention of our readers a small episode from the life of Elder Paisios, which took place on February 27, 1974….
October 13, 2020 1281 0 Saint Silouan the Athonite and His Experience of Confronting Demonic Powers Quite a lot has been said about him, and I’m unlikely to write something new here. When you read the lives or works of…
October 12, 2020 236 0 Saint Edwin of Northumbria, King and Martyr, and Saint Ethelburgh, Queen and Abbess of Lyminge By the time of the repose of St. Augustine of Canterbury in 604 there was only one kingdom in the whole of England that…
October 11, 2020 492 1 Elder Nikolay Guryanov’s Spiritual Counsels “Our life is blessed… A God’s gift… We have a treasure in us – our souls. If we preserve it in this temporary world,…
October 7, 2020 793 0 Joshua as a Prototype of Jesus Christ On September 1, according to the Julian calendar, the Church celebrated the memory of the Old Testament saint Joshua. There is a separate book…
October 5, 2020 159 0 Elder Paisios’ Seven Tangerines It was in February 1988. It was very cold in Karyes. It was high above sea level. The humidity usually hampered our movements. But…
October 3, 2020 153 0 What Is the Right Way to Treat Saints? When we read the lives of saints, very often we focus on miracles and bright events. At the same time, we overlook important episodes….
September 28, 2020 367 0 Instructions of the Elder Silouan “O peoples of the earth, I kneel before you and beseech you with tears: come to Christ. I know His love for you. I…