“This well is very deep . . . ”
. . . so said the Samaritan Woman, Saint Photini, Equal-to-the-Apostles. The gist of the story is encountering the Holy Spirit, sometimes referred to as water, ...
Category: Saints
All saints are saints despite their humanity…
To Understand . . .
To understand a person you must fully understand what they would die for. When you have answered that question, you will have the answer to the riddle of who th...
St. Theophan the Recluse…
St. Theophan the Recluse writes, “Learn to perform everything you do in such a way that it warms the heart instead of cooling it. Whether reading or praying, wo...
Ready your soul . . .
“It is the spirit of the devil, not the Spirit of God, that dwells in those who pass their life in ease. The Spirit of God is not pleased with bodily comf...
Sunday of Forgiveness
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Christ is among us! [He is and ever shall be!] I would like to thank all parishioners, ...
“To Abandon”
Real priests do not run away from but run to the Lord. The people are not the church. The preceding is Protestant thinking. Even Orthodox Christians can think l...
All Saints . . .
…had their annunciation.
Behold . . .
Impenetrable veil of darkness behold light burying my fears
And your priest’s homilies are too long?
“When the apostles were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and he prolonged his speech until midn...
A Moment on Truth . . .
I just finished reading an article. It was a nice and generous posting. It was also, as a consequence, misleading and distracting from truth and Truth. It likel...