October 3, 2020 How Can an Inveterate Sinner Obtain Salvation? To begin with, it is very important when a person, who cannot get rid of some recurring sin, clearly understands that it is a…
August 1, 2020 For 47 Years He Lived in Exploits of Asceticism, Silence, and Seclusion This is how Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh described the exploits of Saint Seraphim of Sarov: “Saint Seraphim lost everything willingly; he abandoned his home,…
July 19, 2020 15 Quotations of St. Ambrose of Optina 1. Why does a person become bad? Because he forgets that God is above him. 2. You have to pay attention to your inner…
July 18, 2020 Life Principles of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Deeds and letters are those things that in the best possible way show what kind of person someone is. The letters of Grand Duchess Elizabeth reveal…
June 27, 2020 He Built Himself a House Out of Words One young man had many words, but no place to live. So he decided to build himself a house out of words. He began…
May 12, 2020 Advice to the Confused I suppose that most pastors have had the experience of a young parishioner approaching them privately and confiding in them their suspicion or decision…
May 11, 2020 Archimandrite Andrew (Konanos): You Can Find a Convenient Confessor, but It Won’t Help You Find the true connection to God. The Lord says, “My child, I forgive you. If I have told you to forgive others up to…
May 10, 2020 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos on Lack of Maternal Love Today, children “starve” for lack of maternal love. They do not even learn the mother’s native language, because the mother spends whole days at…
May 1, 2020 “You Will Go Out and Say that There Is No God. Because If You Won’t…” One poor old woman had two children: a son and a daughter. The son became a monk, and the daughter, because of poverty, committed…
April 13, 2020 Saint Gabriel’s Powerful Advice on Fast One monk asked Saint Gabriel (Urgebadze) what the fast was all about. “Let me explain,” he answered and told the monk about all the…
