“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...
Category: Saints
All saints are saints despite their humanity…
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...
Counsel . . .
St. Isaac stretches love and mercy to it’s farthest limits, occasionally beyond the bounds of canonical understanding. He remains a saint of the Church and his ...
The Letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch . . .
“It is better to keep silence and be [a Christian] than to talk and not to be. Teaching is an excellent thing, provided the speaker practices what he teaches. N...
His name in Coptic, Pachom . . .
.. means “eagle.” May his memory ever inspire us, lead us, and intercede for us.
Be persecuted . . .
“Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat anyone unjustly. Be oppresse...
Prayer, Fasting and Spiritual Power . . .
Prayer, Fasting and Spiritual Power… The nineteenth century Russian Saint, Theophan the Recluse, once wrote, “The demons can sense a faster and man of pra...