Continued from (12) Perhaps I am now making myself incomprehensible or exaggerating, in the view of those who do not...
Continued from (Part XXX) The Holy Icons One of the first things that strikes a non-Orthodox visitor to an Orthodox...
Venerable St. John of Rila, a great spirit-filled ascetic struggler of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, is the heavenly patron of...
Continued from (11) 10. From St Basil to Little St Anna ‘The solitaries lead a blessed life, for divine love...
Continued from (Part XXIX) The Most-Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. In the theology and piety of the Orthodox Church, a...
Continued from (Part XXVIII) 4. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. The...
Continued from (10) Although they stayed in their hut more than before, they did go out from time to...
Continued from (9) 9. Various Trials and Manifest Aid from our Lady the Mother of God The Apostle Paul informs...
Continued from (Part XXVII) The Foundations of Christian Morals. The Sermon delivered by our Savior on the Mount was preceded...
Continued from (8) 8. The Trials grow more Intense Any extra aid from grace, when it comes legitimately to those...
Continued from (7) 7. The Discovery of the Hesychast Elder Daniel as Spiritual Father From the very beginning of his...
Continued from (Part XXVI) The Ten Commandments. After the Exodus from Egyptian slavery (Ex. 14), the Children of Israel encamped...
Continued from (6) 6. The Nature and Forms of Trials Trials or temptations (peirasmoi) have been so named because they...
Continued from (Part XXV) Concerning one Baptism for the Remission of Sins. Man becomes a child of the Church through...
5. The Time of Bitter Struggles Continued from (5) Such were the patterns of their outward movements, but the...
Continued from (Part XXIV) Concerning the Son of God — the Savior of the World. The teaching of faith in...
Continued from (Part XXIII) 6. Orthodox Dogmas and Doctrines. Holy Tradition. One of the distinctive characteristics of the Holy Orthodox...
Continued from (Part XXII) The Monastic Tonsure. The Monastic Grades. When one desiring the monastic life enters a monastery, he...
Continued from (Part XXI) 5. Orthodox Monasticism. It is generally accepted that monasticism began in Egypt towards the end of...
With the development of monasticism in the Church there appeared a peculiar way of life, which however did not proclaim...
