October 23, 2017 St. Ambrose of Optina on the Consequences of a Continuously Happy Life “A continuously happy life produces extremely unhappy consequences. In nature we see that there are not always pleasant springs and fruitful summers, and sometimes…
October 23, 2017 How Are Passions Born? Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground, reasoned one of the friends of Job the Much-Suffering…
October 20, 2017 Impediments and Advice on the Priestly Vocation The following represents my own personal reflections and are not necessarily representative of anyone else’s opinions. I focus on the UOC-USA because it is…
October 20, 2017 What Can I See in the Tenderness Icon of the Mother of God? The Pskov-Pechersk Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God (also called “The Tenderness Icon of the Mother of God”) is famous for defending…
October 20, 2017 12 Thoughts of Athonite Elders on How to Stay Healthy and Defeat Your Diseases 1 When we give ourselves to Christ, then our spiritual organism is in peace, which allows our organs begin to function naturally. They all…
October 20, 2017 How a Single Parable Helped a Man Convert to Christianity Shortly before World War I, a Turk visited Fr. Ieronymos’ humble hermitage. The Turk told the elder that his master, a judge, had sent…
October 19, 2017 Why Are Musical Instruments Not Used in Orthodox Christian Worship? Q: Why Do the Orthodox not Use Musical Instruments in Worship? A: While there are parishes throughout the U.S. that have organs and use…
October 17, 2017 To Help the Helpers: an Interview with Bishop Panteleimon of Orekhovo-Zuevo The Right Reverend Panteleimon, bp. of Orekhovo-Zuevo, the Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Ministry, and the spiritual father of…
October 17, 2017 Photo Blog: The Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God in St. Elisabeth Convent
October 13, 2017 How Can I Defeat the Passion of Laziness? “Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, which, having no captain, overseer or ruler, provides her supplies in the…