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....
Anger is not a bad thing in itself. All human capacities are not inherently evil, but have become corrupted and...
In order to answer to frequently asked questions about Prayer, it is necessary to clarify the meaning of Prayer and...
If the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness. Matthew 6:23 The Fathers say that it is...
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21). Did not our Lord Himself confirm this when...
On my own accord as a little boy I used to walk about a mile to the Baptist church that...
“He who mocks the poor, blasphemes his Maker (Creator)” (Proverbs 17:5). If you are wealthy, in what are you wealthy,...
“And it came to pass in the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord seated upon a high and...
by St. Nikolai of Ohrid and Zica Living Water First – because our faith is light. Christ said: I am...
The following is from the Minea of St Dimitry of Rostov and appeared in the November/December 1968 issue of Orthodox...
In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Today we are keeping the Feast of the...
Ch. 13. from The Truth of Our Faith:: A Discourse from Holy Scripture on the Teachings of True Christianity Inquirer:...
Ch. 2 from The Truth of Our Faith:: A Discourse from Holy Scripture on the Teachings of True Christianity Inquirer:...
St. Cosmas Aitolos Perhaps the most misunderstood sacrament of the Christian Church is confession (or repentance). How did it originate?...
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. At the end of...
