Fr Daniel Sysoyev+ on Serving God in the World
“St. John Chrysostom said that a monk differs from a layman only in the vow of celibacy. The commandments are the same for a monk and a layman....
Elder St. Joseph the Hesychast on Self-Struggle
“You will not fix the Church or the world. Whereas you will be corrected, perfected, and enlightened so as to enlighten those who are willing. Only a war will...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona on Spiritual Surgery
“A physician torments a sick person with operations, bitter medicines, amputation of body parts, etc., with the purpose, of course, of curing him and not of torturing him out...
Elder Joseph+ of Vatopaidi on Prophecy
“Spiritual charismas are a gift of the very same All Holy Spirit; some precede and others follow. But all are given to the Church to meet its needs and...
Archimandrite Kirill Pavlov+ on the Gospel
“At the present time also many millions of people consider themselves Christians, and that means that they acknowledge the Gospel as the foremost book in the world; as a...
St Tikhon on the Church in America
“…due to the mercy of God, the Church up to this day, now here and now there, gains victory and is triumphant over her enemies – and she has...
Elder St Paisios on Trust and Peace
“The Christian believes and entrusts himself to God unto death, and then he can so clearly the hand of God guiding and saving him. The Apostle Paul says that...
Elder St Porphyrios on Dying to the Old Man
“Man is a mystery. We carry within us an age-old inheritance — all the good and precious experience of the prophets, the saints, the martyrs, the apostles and above...
Fr. Vasilios on Christ, our Good Samaritan
“In the gospel lesson of the Good Samaritan a question arises. Who is that man who fell to robbers? The answer is: It is the person who has abandoned...
Abbess Michaela on Circumstances and Sin
“Having already embarked upon the season of the Lenten Triodion, we thought to share a general word about our Saviour’s commandment against the sin of judging. As with all...