Amma Syncletica said: In the beginning there is struggle and a lot of work for those who come near to...
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Before we pray, I should like to introduce our prayers so that when we pray, we...
Few religion-column topics are more guaranteed to offend than sex. I probably needn’t go any further. Merely seeing the...
There is a strange aspect to the presence of God in the world around us. That aspect is His apparent...
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Every time we come...
I talked further with this simple brother who gave me shelter and he told me about his life and his...
Troparion – Tone 7 O joyful north star of the Church of Christ, Guiding all men to the Heavenly Kingdom;...
by David Grier «good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over» Jesus said: Give and it will be given back...
Saint Angelina was the daughter of the Godly Orthodox Prince of Albania, the brave Scanderbeg. At that time most of...
True joy comes from seeing God in all things, knowing God in all things. To know of God in the...
We have one particular idea right now that’s taking possession of people:
It has been said many times already that real prayer is inner prayer, performed not only in words but also...
In the following talk, Fr. Seraphim speaks to us from almost twenty years ago, and yet his words are quite relevant...
Metropolitan Philaret Voznesensky, the New Confessor: 1. Remember, you are a son (daughter) of the Orthodox Church. These are not...
I’ll never forget what I heard one cold winter day on the radio while attending seminary over twenty years ago....
The Holy Martyrs and Confessors Samonas, Gurias, and Habibus suffered during the persecution against Christians under the emperors Diocletian (284-305)...
Our Church, with its rich patristic tradition, is not devoid of examples and stories on spiritual matters in order to...
«God reveals Himself in the silence of the heart.» The early desert monks, followed by ascetic laborers of every generation,...
This morning in Matins I read the Gospel reading for the day from Mark 1:23-28: And immediately there was in...
A virgin flourishing as the rose, The comely bride of Him Who is the Lamb, As the precious martyr of...
