Metroplitan Kallistos Ware on Prayer
Prayer is not necessarily asking for things, though it may sometimes be that. It does not necessarily mean using words. Fundamentally, prayer means “God awareness.” St. Gregory of Nyssa...
Elder St Porphyrios on Dealing with Satan
The more you pray for him to leave, the more tightly he embraces you. Show contempt for the devil. Don’t meet him head on. When you struggle against the...
A Good Confession
When someone confesses often, he is more aware of his sins and does not become careless about them. When he has not confessed for a few days, he says,...
A Life of Prayer
We must state clearly that nothing can substitute for the Divine Liturgy. It is the gateway to the Kingdom of Heaven. All of the other services begin with either...
Vibrant Love
He loves us because He is Love, but He also desires that we love Him in return; that we love Him with our whole heart, soul and mind. When...
Why So Few Monks and Nuns?
When, outside of speaking about the life of a saint who lived a monastic life which is normally presented as then and there and not a relevant life to...
Fr. Peter on Modern Missions
Generation Z is the new horizon of young adults today. The term was first coined in a 1994 book about Clinton’s presidency, predicting: “they will be like steerage passengers...
Bishop Tikhon Shevkunov on Seeing Our True Selves
Every time, entering a church, we are appearing not just at some place in our world. We find ourselves at the judgment of God. The Church unequivocally warns us...
Archbishop Andrei on the Strength of Peace
Holy Church shows us that there was something in the martyrdom of the first Christians which supplied them with that strength in which appeared an unearthly force, which is...
Fr. John Konkle on Dealing with Life’s Challenges…
“…everyone experiences storms in this life: the wise, the foolish; the rich, the poor; the Jews, the Gentiles; the slaves, the free; the Christians, the pagans. No one...