December 5, 2019 Elder Porphyrios’ Miracles: “Don’t Call Me Again, Because I’m Dead!” Speaking of the spiritual gifts of the Elder Porphyrios, Elder Paisius the Hagiorite, another world-famous Greek elder, said: ” He has a color TV,…
December 4, 2019 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh on Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple There are feasts in which the power lies in the event being remembered; it is the event itself that is important, significant, and decisive…
December 2, 2019 Elder Porphyrios’ Miracles: A Spring Speaking of the spiritual gifts of the Elder Porphyrios, Elder Paisius the Hagiorite, another world-famous Greek elder, said: ” He has a color TV,…
November 29, 2019 Martyred Guardian of Jacob’s Well Martyrdom and death for Christ is not only the privilege of the Christians who lived in the age of bloody persecution under the Roman…
November 28, 2019 St. Paisius (Velichkovsky) on Fasting St. Paisius (1722-1794) was born Peter Velichkovsky in Poltava, Ukraine, to a priestly family. At age thirteen he entered the Kiev Theological School with…
November 25, 2019 “Outside the Camp”: What we can learn from Saint Athanasios the Great The Early Life of Saint Athanasios Athanasios was born in the last decade of the third century in Alexandria Egypt, then the cultural and…
November 19, 2019 About Elder Joseph the Hesychast Every person grows. From the point of view of Orthodox theology, even the bliss of those saved in paradise is not static, but, as…
November 18, 2019 The Quiet Courage of Patriarch Tikhon He wasn’t a theologian and didn’t possess the charisma of a social activist, like his “competitor” for the Patriarchal throne, Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky). He…
November 12, 2019 St. Paisios of Mount Athos: Injustice Gets God’s Wrath Injustice is a great sin. All sins have extenuating circumstances, but not injustice — it gets God’s wrath. How terrifying it is! Those who…
November 12, 2019 Ss. Spyridon and Nicodemus: Lessons from Their Lives (Lessons from their lives: a) labor should be combined with prayer; b) avoid idleness, and c) use three fingers when making a sign of…
