The struggle of asceticism, repentance, prayer and fasting cannot be brought to a conclusion unless it’s founded on proper faith....
Q.: Elder, why does God give people a guardian angel, when He can protect us Himself? A.: That’s God looking...
Freedom involves sharing. Mary’s first action after the Annunciation is to share the good news with someone else: she goes...
Always bear in mind what Moses had to put up with –the two million grumbling people– how greatly he prayed...
Virtue which is not exercised disappears quickly under the pressure of various circumstances. read more
The problem of the relations between Christians and people of other religions is much more complicated. In general it has...
Human beings are the crown of creation. The longing for perfection is innate. This can be seen in the execution...
All the ordinances of the undefiled Church are offered to the world for the sole purpose of discovering the ‘deep...
In their flesh, people are like a burning candle. The candle is destined to melt, as people are to die....
Peace is the integrity and health of the soul. read more
There are many ways of praying. They’re all good, if people don’t know how to pray with simplicity. read more
Besides, the collapse of ideologies, including religions, has left a vacuum, not only in the realm of ideas. First and...
Very often humanistic wisdom is not simply different from divine wisdom. It is also opposite to it. Human wisdom “is...
People who offer ‘your own from your own, in all things and for all things’ serve God truly and pleasingly....
I can foresee no way in which the teachings of the Orthodox Christian tradition could be affected by the discovery...
The purpose of the Christian life is for our intellect to be united with our heart, because then we’re cured....
The incontrovertible judgment of the Fathers regarding the practical manner in which to achieve this God-pleasing quality is- in their...
Through the Cross, Christ sanctified His body- the link with the world. He rejected the temptations sent to Him by...
Man has been honored by God in such a way that He Himself comes down to earth with His Angelic...
