September 29, 2021 How to Desire and to Ask from God Only Most Essential Things? Matthew 18:18–22, 19:1–2, 13–15 1 Corinthians 12:12–26 The Lord made this solemn promise: “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree…
September 12, 2021 How God’s Love Delivered a Priest and His Flock from the Abyss of Heavy Drinking A parable from Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh In Russia, 11 September is marked as the day of sobriety. Its celebration resumed in 2014, 100…
September 8, 2021 The Act of Veneration No spiritual activity permeates Orthodoxy as much as veneration. For the non-Orthodox, veneration is often mistaken for worship. We kiss icons; sing hymns to…
August 19, 2021 The Transfiguration – The Other Great Forgotten Feast The Holy Transfiguration, August 6 (19), is one of the Great Feasts of the Church – but I’ll bet if you asked Americans “What…
July 30, 2021 The Wisdom of Not Judging Our Bishops Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: The Lord says in His Gospel, “Anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the…
July 28, 2021 “I Have Lost Everything Except for What I Have Given Away”. Blessing of Elder Gabriel from the Koutloumousiou Monastery in Mt Athos I pray to God that He may grant us His grace, so that we can love Him with all our hearts and souls, and…
July 25, 2021 Saint Gabriel’s Interpretation of the Parable of the Ten Virgins “…The fact that love is actually the crown of perfection as the final rung of the ladder and that neither this nor theosis is…
July 20, 2021 Being Content with Little: Wonderful Story by Archimandrite Gregory (Zumis) St Paul the Apostle writes simply and succinctly about being satisfied with little, “…if we have food and clothing, we will be content with…
July 19, 2021 What Kind of Charity Is True? For those who have an opportunity to provide the poor with real help, we will say the following. There is pretend alms, for example,…
June 16, 2021 “You Cannot Enter Hell for Free” and Other Parables The Greek Elder Porphyrios often said that prayer means a direct conversation with God, Who is always ready to listen to us with attention…
