July 23, 2018 Parable of the Day: Why Shepherds Should not Argue about Politics Two shepherds had a political argument. One of the shepherds was foolishly attacking the king, while the other was no less foolishly defending him….
July 20, 2018 Parable of the Day: What to Do When Your Friend Hurts You There were two friends. They had an argument one day, and one of them slapped the other one in the face. The latter felt…
July 16, 2018 Parable of the Day: Looking for the Lord A man decided to visit a hermit who lived not far from the monastery of Stseta. He was wandering across the desert for a…
July 12, 2018 Parable of the Day: The Power of God’s Command There was a poor woman who did not have money to feed her children. She called a radio station and beseeched God’s help. …
July 11, 2018 Parable of the Day: How to Understand You Are Growing Spiritually A novice came to an elder and said: “Abba, I spend six weeks fasting and study the Old and the New Testament daily.”…
July 10, 2018 Parable of the Day: Making up for the Damage We’ve Done There was a man who went around the neighborhood cursing the parish priest and spreading libel about him. Finally, he felt sorry and went…
July 9, 2018 Parable of the Day: What Is Like God in This Word? Air is like God. It is always near, and you can’t see it. You learn how necessary it is when you lack it. …
July 4, 2018 Parable of the Day: Why Did You Abandon Me? There was a man who saw in a dream that he was walking down a sandy shore and the Lord was walking by his…
July 2, 2018 Parable of the Day: Be not Afraid of Cemetery “Vanya, go down the road and find the sheep,” an old man told his grandson. The road was next to a cemetery. The…
June 28, 2018 Parable of the Day: Saving the Lamp of Your Life Elder Porphyrios from Greece foretold a spiritual child of his that he would have a long life. In spite of that, when that person…