Some of you may have seen the major news story of the private plane that crashed into a Montana cemetery,...
Continued from (15) It would be an omission not to speak of the other basic characteristic of our ever-memorable Elder,...
Further on (Moses) narrates that God arranged a garden at the east and put different plants their including the Tree...
Continued from (Part XXXIV) Holy Orders. In the Orthodox Church there are to be found three “Major Orders”-Bishop. Priest and...
The life and history of mankind will never be justified as long as in this world one child dies from...
Continued from (14) 11. The move to New Skete ‘Arsenios,’ said the Elder one day in June 1951, ‘it looks...
Continued from (Part XXXII) A Lament for Sin. St. Basil the Great says, “Weep over your sin: it is a spiritual...
By Ryassophore Monk Adrian Originally published in “Orthodox Word” magazine No. 190 When we come to know God as Person,...
Continued from (13) The Elder very often stressed the importance of vigil as the most practical method in the spiritual...
Continued from (Part XXXI) Holy Repentance (Penance — Confession). The Sacrament of Repentance developed early in the Church’s history in...
Continued from (12) Perhaps I am now making myself incomprehensible or exaggerating, in the view of those who do not...
The deeper sorrow carves our hearts, the more space love can fill. Often we see pain and trials at face...
Continued from (Part XXX) The Holy Icons One of the first things that strikes a non-Orthodox visitor to an Orthodox...
Venerable St. John of Rila, a great spirit-filled ascetic struggler of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, is the heavenly patron of...
Continued from (11) 10. From St Basil to Little St Anna ‘The solitaries lead a blessed life, for divine love...
Continued from (Part XXIX) The Most-Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. In the theology and piety of the Orthodox Church, a...
Four corners of my bed Four angels over head Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Bless this bed I lay upon...
Abba Anthony said: I saw all the snares of the enemy spread out upon the world. And I sighed, and...
Continued from (Part XXVIII) 4. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. The...
