May 23, 2018 162 0 Parable of the Day: Christ Often Comes and Knocks at Your Door Elder Amphilochius (Makris) was the rector of St John the Theologian Monastery at the Island of Patmos. He founded several monasteries, children’s shelters, and…
May 11, 2018 384 0 St. John Chrysostom on Why We Should Go to Church Many Christians are lazy to go to Church. Even on feast days, in some churches the bell rings just like in a desert, and…
May 2, 2018 70 0 St. Theophan the Recluse on Mid-Pentecost On Mid-Pentecost we can hear the Lord appealing to us: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink” (John 7:37). If…
April 27, 2018 281 0 Lack of Faith Warning Signs Among Orthodox Christians Theory and Practice Why was Apostle Thomas called “the doubter”? Who of the apostles did believe without seeing? They all saw at first…
April 4, 2018 159 0 Seven Parables and Stories for the Week: Issue 27 Poison of Rage A gloomy neighbor visited an elder. – I suffer from insomnia, – he complained. – That’s because the small birds…
March 30, 2018 111 1 With the Saints Give Rest: People Whom We Can’t See Anymore but Continue to Love Earthly love is born in the same place where tears are born: in the eye. You’ve got to see in order to love. The…
March 23, 2018 43 0 Annunciation and the Call to Life-in-Death The Annunciation, linked with the Cross, is a flat out rejection of this Darwinian way of thinking. When I affirm that my life is…
March 16, 2018 181 0 Reader Services: When One Is Unable to Attend Church Services Excerpted from “The Typicon of the Orthodox Church’s Divine Services: The Orthodox Christian and the Church Situation Today”. …Archbishop Averky of Holy Trinity Monastery at…
February 26, 2018 30 0 Words of Guidance for the Second Week of Great Lent During this week the holy Church continues to exhort us to fasting, prayer, penance, charity and other efforts of virtue, opening also to the…
January 29, 2018 415 1 An Orthodox Christian Perspective: Overcoming Difficulties in Life A mountain ahead. Hurray? As a rule, when running up against difficulties in our ordinary, daily life, we try to get around them however…