One could say that patrology as a science of the Fathers and the very life of the Church are inseparably united. One cannot, like some of us sometimes do, separate the science of the Fathers from the ...
God is most completely revealed and glorified in a life where proper boundaries are observed. We have all seen what happens to lives in which food, alcohol, sex, money and material possessions are ...
The next evening, everybody in the house left for a hockey game. Alone in the Big House living room, I stared out at the beauty of Alaska. Totally quiet, totally serene. But yet, the dope pangs would ...
Orthodox monasticism has been called, "the barometer of the spiritual life of the Church." We in America have not grown up with this rich and deep tradition, and many of us are unaware of ...
As he blessed, rays of light came from his finger tips, but though the rays fell on the heads of all the Orthodox, they did not fall on Ahmed’s head. This happened two or three times and each time ...
On the morning of June 13, 2011, the day of the Holy Spirit, in the parking lot of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior you could see many cars with diplomatic license plates. The men getting out of ...
Given our Church’s biblical, patristic, liturgical and canonical sources one eventually detects that there is no universally consistent and accepted teaching on marriage as to its origin, purpose and ...
Spiritually, most of us are constantly being robbed--without so much as being aware of it. One of the most successful villains is called Distraction, and it's time we took measures to protect ...
However, my personal experience is that even when my soul is troubled and I start painting an icon, the Lord acts and cures my soul with that icon. The main thing I can share is that it is not me who ...
