August 17, 2018 The Stairs to Holiness: The Entry of Virgin Mary into the Temple According to the Church tradition, Joachim and Anna, the pious spouses and the parents of Virgin Mary, fulfilled their pledge and devoted their child…
August 15, 2018 The Path Begins: The Conception and the Nativity of Virgin Mary The History of our salvation as well as God’s plan about the humankind is rooted in a long and private tragedy of one ancient…
June 18, 2018 The Orthodox Understanding of Sin in Our Life In the first chapter of Genesis we read that man is made in God’s image and called to be like Him. The image, the…
April 10, 2018 Orthodox Christian Tradition: Paradise and Hell Christ revealed to us that He will come at His Second Coming to judge the living and the dead. There is a well-known passage…
January 2, 2018 An Introduction to Matins: Part 1 The Services of Vespers and Matins define the day. In Genesis, the first book of the Bible, we read: 5And there was evening and…
December 18, 2017 The Variety of Demonic Battles, and How to Cut Off the Entrance of Every Thought and Desire Pay heed to yourself, O monk, sensibly and diligently, with a vigilant mind, as to when the demons come, by what means they catch…
December 14, 2017 Spirituality: The Meaning of Theosis As the Goal in Life for an Orthodox Christian The Orthodox Church proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In the Greek language, the word for Gospel is Evangelion which means literally “the good…
December 12, 2017 Orthodox Christianity and Predestination According to St. Symeon the New Theologian Over the past 2000 years, the Orthodox Church has granted the title of “Theologian” to only three Saints: St. John the Apostle, St. Gregory…
December 8, 2017 The Debate Concerning Our Cooperation in Our Salvation Do we cooperate in our salvation? Do our efforts make a difference? These questions lie at the heart of a centuries-old religious debate…
November 3, 2017 On the Original Sin in the Byzantine Tradition In order to understand many major theological problems, which arose between East and West both before and after the schism, the extraordinary impact upon…