May 3, 2019 Spiritual Advice on Fighting against Your Anger How to root out Anger? 1. Pull back and think about it. The fathers speak of anger as a failure of rationality. Recall the causes of anger…
April 23, 2019 Priest’s Advice: Holy Week without a Parish Question: “What should someone do during Holy Week if they have no parish nearby, and so cannot attend the services?” Answer by Fr. John…
April 19, 2019 Struggle and Weakness Often in American Christian circles we’ve hear that so-and-so is struggling. Oh, no! They’re struggling with some sin or doubt or crisis; how awful! In…
April 17, 2019 Othodox Understanding of True Friendship We tend to have special affection towards certain people and strike a union of friendship with them. Friendship doesn’t contradict the commandment of loving…
April 15, 2019 Spiritual Growth through Irritating People in Your Life Have you ever had a person in your life that simply pushed your buttons whenever you were around them? Perhaps you might just have…
April 12, 2019 “Beware When Praying to God!” A story of Eulogius the Stone-Cutter, narrated by Saint Daniel. Fortunately, brothers, there are enough God-loving souls even nowadays. In spite of the fact…
April 11, 2019 The Battlefield within our Hearts Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You! (Ps. 119:11) Years ago, I heard a statement…
April 9, 2019 How to Get Rid of Greed? 1. We need to begin by listening to some actual Bible teaching. Jesus said, “A man’s life is not measured by the amount of…
March 31, 2019 How Can We Bear Our Cross and What Does It Mean Exactly? The third week of the Great Lent is called the Week of the Veneration of the Holy Cross. We venerate the Holy Cross of…
March 25, 2019 Spiritual Readings for Great Lent Lent seems like a long time at the beginning, but it can pass you by quickly, if you don’t make a point of…