Απολυτίκιον. Ήχος δ΄. Σήμερον της ατεκνίας δεσμά διαλύονται, του Ιωακείμ γαρ και της Άννης εισακούων Θεός, παρ’ ελπίδα τεκείν αυτούς,...
Απολυτίκιον. Ήχος δ’. Κανόνα πίστεως, και εικόνα πραότητος, εγκρατείας διδάσκαλον, ανέδειξε σε τη ποίμνη σου, η των πραγμάτων αλήθεια δια...
Again we pray for the children of God condemned to death by the unjust judgement of men: that the Lord...
Hath it not been told thee, O man, what is good? Or what doth the Lord require of thee, but...
Continued from (20) 5. The Differences between the Trials Trials (peirasmoi) are so called because they engender experience (peira), since...
Continued from (19) 4. On Trials and the Spiritual Law The Fathers’ saying ‘spill your blood and receive the spirit’...
http://www.amazon.com/Birth-Hospital-Byzantine-Empire/dp/0801856574 «Dr. Miller is a learned and enterprising historian with a fascinating theme. He shows beyond a doubt that the...
by Fr. Milovan Katanic While September is the beginning of the ecclesiastical year which is marked by our commemoration of...
If we seek God, He will show Himself to us. And if we keep Him, He will remain close to us....
Continued from (18) 3. On Regime and Disorder Among the duties which the ever-memorable Elder taught us during the first...
Continued from (17) 2. On Discovering the Will of God Our life with the Elder had the character of childhood...
Continued from (16) Part Two: Teaching 1. On Sanctification and Dispassion We have already said how difficult it is to...
Continued from (15) It would be an omission not to speak of the other basic characteristic of our ever-memorable Elder,...
Continued from (14) 11. The move to New Skete ‘Arsenios,’ said the Elder one day in June 1951, ‘it looks...
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 (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 (11) 10. From St Basil to Little St Anna ‘The solitaries lead a blessed life, for divine love...
In the midst of that night, in my darkness, I saw the awesome sight of Christ opening the heavens for...
