More problematic is the fact that Orthodox Christians do so little reading of the Bible at home (there are exceptions, just enough to prove the rule). They have no idea of the context of a prescribed ...
Reading and applying what we have read is already useful in itself, because it helps us to find out what God’s Will is. But that is not all that is contained in the concept of trying to learn what is ...
Becoming a Christian is easy, to stay however one requires exercise. A Christian athlete needs to fast not just during Great Lent, but year round so when the fast comes his body is adjusted, and he ...
How seldom have long talks proved to be good and fruitful? Would not many if not most of the words we use (or text to one another) be better left unspoken? We speak about the events of the world, ...
We are quickly approaching the middle of Lent! Our refrigerators have been depleted of non-fasting foods that happened to be there and are restocked with simple but satisfying foods. Our palette, ...
But for twenty-first century faithful, how does the attention Christ places on the state of our hearts inform our decisions about the most practical part of fasting – what to eat? With health food ...
When everything is going well, it is easy for us to live the Orthodox way of life. Praying is not a burden. It is easy to fast. We are generous with alms.We are not troubled by our sinful desires
Each year this Lenten trip commences with a close peek into my heart, and with a cracked and decaying mirror I assess my own spiritual condition. Sometimes this painful self-evaluation is the most ...
One of the most difficult lessons in spiritual life is taught to by those who insult and offend us. God allows and sometimes even sends individuals to us who can either lead us to heaven or hell ...
Let my readers forgive me, but I am not going to talk on the sublime, as our life is quite prosy in its day-to-day flow. And, as the commemorable Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh put it, I must preach ...
