St Nikolai Velimirovich on Trails That Come…
What does it mean to take up your cross? It means the willing acceptance, at the hand of Providence, of every means of healing, that is offered, bitter though...
An Anonymous Parable About Salvation…
A certain judge, a righteous Muslim, invited to his house an Orthodox Abbot who was ascetising in a monastery nearby. As they were having dinner, he asked the abbot:...
Martyr Archbishop John of Riga on Accepting Trials…
It is true when they say that a man tolerates least of all his own well-being. Days of happiness, days of success, when everything goes according to one’s wishes-how...
Elder St Porphyrios on Pentecost…
A little further on we read, and fear came upon every soul. This ‘fear’ was not exactly fear. It was something else, something alien, something incomprehensible, .something we cannot say...
Mother Michaela on the Home…
When we put loving effort into making our home a place not only for our family but for Christ Himself, it becomes a little temple, a “home-church.” We have...
Elder St Porphyrios on Tongues…
“Whereas Peter the apostle was speaking his own tongue, the language was instantaneously transformed in the mind of the hearers. In an ineffable way the Holy Spirit made them...
Orthodox Quote for October 14
“This is the kind of effort I make. I have found that the bloodless mode is the best mode of sanctification. It is better, that is, to devote our selves...
Elder Anthimos on Repentance Part 2
Repentance is very easy. It lies within man’s intention. St Mary of Egypt could not enter the church in Jerusalem, because some invisible power pushed her away. As soon...
Fr Alexey Young on Developing a Christian Conscience (Part 3)…
We should often, if not daily, examine our souls and repent of the sins we find there. St. Mark the Ascetic writes: “The conscience is nature’s book. He who applies...
Elder Anthimos on Repentance Part 1
“Repentance”Repentance is the renewal of Baptism. For this reason, a person makes promises at Baptism, or a godparent promises for him, so also at repentance, once he admits his...