By Fr. Andrew Jarmus «Prayer is the test of everything; prayer is also the source of everything; prayer is the...
At the end of exhausting patience appears the Grace of God in a way that can be sensed (tangibly). Elder Joseph...
A beautiful, inspiring, and deeply comforting short homily by St Ephraim the Syrian: Not to sin is truly blessed; but...
With the development of monasticism in the Church there appeared a peculiar way of life, which however did not proclaim...
By Archpriest Paul O’ Callaghan In any form of religious belief, one of the most common questions is, “What does...
The symbol of Christian faith has ever been and always will be the Cross, for it is the sign...
Summer is over, family vacations taken, new clothes and school supplies purchased, children ready to go back to school; and...
Continued from (2) Virtual family I will tell you again about one of my personal experiences. At some point of...
About Christian deed Question: the Lord’s ways are truly miraculous. It is miraculous how Father Gabriel got a computer, without...
«No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he...
St Paul, in his Epistle to the Hebrews (11: 17-19), writes: By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up...
St Kronid, in his remarkable first-hand account of his long struggle with severe depression and blasphemous thoughts, writes: «My only...
Jerusalem – Ma’an – Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III blocked a recent attempt by Israel’s Jerusalem municipality to confiscate 43...
Like so many other aspects of our spiritual life, emptiness cannot replace fullness. To trust in God and to rejoice...
Prayer is by its very nature a dialogue and a union with God. Its effect is to hold the world...
O God and Father, Creator and Preserver of all creation! Give to our poor children and to all the children of...
In one of the Sunday Gospel readings we hear the parable of the Royal Son’s wedding feast. In a direct...
Continued from (2) In the context of forbidding attitude of the Eastern Fathers toward mental images, it seems necessary to...
Continued from (1) In other words, according to St. Ignatii (Bryanchaninov), purposefully creating images in one’s mind, and even accepting...
Just as there can be a properly trained voice, there can be a properly trained soul. —Fr. Alexander Yelchaninov Fr....
