February 14, 2021 409 0 “Adapt Your Life to Your Faith, Not the Other Way Around.” St Seraphim (Sobolev) The life of St Seraphim (Sobolev), Archbishop of Bogucharsk, was closely associated with two great saints – St Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Venerable…
February 8, 2021 217 0 Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov on Reading the Gospel When reading the Gospel, do not seek pleasure, exaltation or brilliant thoughts. Seek to see the infallibly holy Truth. When reading the Gospel, try…
February 8, 2021 432 0 15 Quotes from the Theological Poetry of St Gregory of Nazianzus The morning comes, and I greet the Lord, resolving to make no compromise with sin. Instead, I consecrate the day to You, abiding…
February 1, 2021 313 0 Prayer for the Lonely Archimandrite Pavel (Gruzdev) always prayed for those who had no one to pray for them. In his prayers, he remembered the unfortunate and the…
January 23, 2021 801 4 About the Mental Struggle “One evening, I was at the all-night vigil in the Zosimas and Sabbatius church,” Archimandrite Kronid once shared, “when suddenly, an awful spark of…
December 21, 2020 501 0 The Basic Rule of Spiritual Life The lack of constancy is disastrous for spiritual life. When a person sees for the first time the light of the gospel truth shining…
November 28, 2020 968 1 15 Quotes by Venerable Justin (Popović) 1. Sins are earthquakes that overturn minds, souls and hearts, forming in them stony gorges, crevasses and rocks. They leave us wandering through these…
November 25, 2020 73 1 On Gratitude, Modern Utopianism, and the Cross of Christ The Holy Fathers teach us that in order to conquer any given passion, we must strive to cultivate the opposing virtue. If we are…
November 22, 2020 2840 0 “Do You Want to See an Angel?” St. Nektarios and His Instructions November 9/22 we remember St. Nektarios of Aegina, a modern ascetic and wonderworker. His life is amazing: the Lord manifested in a visible and…
November 16, 2020 219 0 What to Do when Spiritual Life Becomes a Routine? Question: It worries me that I fulfil most of my duties as a believer, led by the principle “this has to be done”, sometimes…