“Death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21). Did not our Lord Himself confirm this when...
“He who mocks the poor, blasphemes his Maker (Creator)” (Proverbs 17:5). If you are wealthy, in what are you wealthy,...
1. THE HOLY MARTYRS MANUEL, SABEL AND ISHMAEL Manuel, Sabel and Ishmael were brothers born in Persia of a pagan...
St. Vitus was born in Sicily of famous but non-believing parents. Modest was his teacher and Crescentia was his governess....
Lazar was one of the Serbian noblemen who ruled the Serbian empire after the death of Tsar Dushan. After the...
by St. Nikolai of Ohrid and Zica Living Water First – because our faith is light. Christ said: I am...
White doves fly over my blue lake, like white angels over the blue heaven. The doves would not be white...
What is clothing worth, if there is no body to clothe? What is the body worth, if the soul is...
You do not ask much of me, my love. Indeed, people ask more. I am wrapped in a thick wrapping...
Anoint my heart with the oil of Your mercy, my most merciful Lord.May neither anger against the strong nor scorning...
1. THE HOLY MARTYRS AGATHOPODUS AND THEODULUS Agathopodus was a deacon and Theodulus was a lector in the church at...
1. VENERABLE JOSEPH THE HYMNOGRAPHER Joseph was born in Sicily of pious and virtuous parents, Plotinus and Agatha. After the...
Saints Nicetas the Confessor and Joseph the Hymnographer 1. SAINT NICETAS THE CONFESSOR Nicetas was born in Bithynia in the...
1. VENERABLE TITUS, THE MIRACLE-WORKER From his youth, Titus loved Christ the Lord and detested the vanities of the world....
St. Nicholas Velimirovich – The Prologue from Ohrid 1. THE PRIESTLY-MARTYR HYPATIUS THE BISHOP OF GANGRA Hypatius was born in...
Once I bound myself to You, my love, all other bonds broke. I see a swallow distraught over its demolished...
To a silent tongue and a contemplative mind You draw near, O All-Holy Spirit, bridegroom of my soul. You avoid...
O Lord, my soul’s most cherished mystery, how light this world is, when I weigh it on a scale with...
Worlds swarm around You, like bees around a cherry tree in blossom. One world pushes the other aside; one contests...
Would that I could make musicians out of stone, and dancers out of the sand of the lake, and...
