Fasting

Overcoming Nature: On St. Mary of Egypt

Overcoming Nature: On St. Mary of Egypt

29 March 2015

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

The example of Mary of Egypt should not confuse us by its remoteness in time from our own era, for man throughout his entire history has possessed mind, and will, and feelings, and passions, and has ...

Growing More in Our Relationship With God: On St. Mary of Egypt

Growing More in Our Relationship With God: On St. Mary of Egypt

25 March 2015

Archpriest Michael Gillis

For Orthodox Christians the lives of the saints function not only as lesson in holiness, morality or zeal, but most importantly as evidence

“Let Us Turn to Repentance in the Sense in Which St John Climacus Sees It”

“Let Us Turn to Repentance in the Sense in Which St John Climacus Sees It”

22 March 2015

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

Rest in the Shadow of the Cross, Persevere, and Avoid Irritability!

Rest in the Shadow of the Cross, Persevere, and Avoid Irritability!

18 March 2015

Archpriest Thaddaeus Hardenbrook

Lenten Asceticism

Lenten Asceticism

16 March 2015

Archpriest John Breck

Lenten asceticism is an invitation, a call to something greater, more beautiful and more fulfilling than anything our ordinary experience can offer. It is an appeal, made by God Himself, to recognize ...

On Patience: For the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

On Patience: For the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

15 March 2015

St. Luke (Voyno-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol

If, according to the word of Christ, patience is so salutary, then it can be placed next to the queen of all virtues: humility, right next to meekness, and we need to ponder deeply about the Lord’s ...

Fasting and Charity in Community

Fasting and Charity in Community

03 March 2015

Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou

Most people are not entirely sure how to practice fasting in such a way that abstinence will increase their charity

In the Days of the Fast

In the Days of the Fast

27 February 2015

Protopresbyter Stavrophor Dragan M. Kainovic

The fast must make us free, freedom from dependence (eating, smoking, drinking), freedom from judging others, freedom from hatred, the freedom to love others

Surviving Great Lent – and Flourishing

Surviving Great Lent – and Flourishing

26 February 2015

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

Without physical food, we can soon find ourselves physically drained. Without spiritual food, the effects are not always immediately visible - but they are much longer lasting and far-reaching

Patriarch Kirill: “The Time of the Holy Forty Days is a Time of Struggling with Ourselves”

Patriarch Kirill: “The Time of the Holy Forty Days is a Time of Struggling with Ourselves”

25 February 2015

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

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