Tested by Prayer
From "Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaak of Syria," Homily 58 To choose what is good belongs to the good volition of the man who desires it;...
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Father Photios
- Aug 17
- 6 min
On Frequent Communion
By Hieromonk Arsenius of Mt. Athos; Originally from "Athonite Leaflets" #105 St. Panteleimon's Monastery 1905 (Hieromonk Arsenius was a...
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Father Photios
- Aug 2
- 5 min
Heaven on Earth
St. John of Kronstadt The Divine Liturgy is truly a heavenly service upon earth, during which God Himself, in a particular, immediate,...
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Father Photios
- Jul 22
- 7 min
St. Ioasaph of Edmonton
Brief life of Archbishop Ioasaph, founder of St. Vladimir's church, Edmonton from “The Orthodox Word”, March-April 1968 It was Novgorod...
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Father Photios
- Jul 19
- 4 min
When We Are Weak
Originally from Orthodox America, Issue 140, Vol XV, No. 8,May – June, 1996 I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in...
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Father Photios
- Jul 13
- 2 min
We're Farmers
From the Prologue of Ochrid, for June 29th, according to the Church Calendar, celebrating the Apostles Peter and Paul Pass the time of...
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Father Photios
- Jul 7
- 7 min
Nativity of the Forerunner by St. John of San Francisco
St Luke (1:1-25, 57-68, 80) "Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a narration of those things which have been...
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Father Photios
- Jun 28
- 3 min
How to Be Saved
By St. Theophan the Recluse Originally printed in "Orthodox Life" Vol 27 #6 Nov.-Dec. 1977 What does one say to the person who asks: "How...
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Father Photios
- Jun 22
- 2 min
In Consolation of a Certain Brother Made the Victim of Slander by St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
You are enduring terrible slander, as I hear. Accept what consolation I can offer. Nothing happens to us without God; therefore, the...
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Father Photios
- Jun 11
- 4 min
Fr. Theodore
From New Martyrs of Russia, 2nd ed., pp. 182-184 by Archpriest Michael Polsky They led me into a room and put me on a bench. I was not...
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Father Photios
- May 30
- 4 min
Forgiveness; St. Isaiah of Scetis, "The Solitary"
From the Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 18 Cistercian Publications THE MOST HOLY APOSTLE COMMANDED his children, saying, The Lord is near....
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Father Photios
- May 21
- 5 min
What is Left?
What Has the Feast of Pascha Left in Our Souls? St. John Of Kronstadt And so, the Feast of Feasts has passed by us: and the Royal Gates...
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Father Photios
- May 14
- 2 min
The Prophet Jeremiah
From the Prologue of Ochrid by (St.) Nikolai Velomirovic for the date of May 1st, according to the Church Calendar. "This done, in like...
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Father Photios
- May 13
- 4 min
Faith
Tenth Hymn on Faith, by St. Ephraim the Syrian Lord, Thou hast had it written: ‘Open thy mouth and I will fill it.’ See, Lord, Thy...
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Father Photios
- May 4
- 3 min
Choice
Forgive the lateness of this post. I meant to do it yesterday between services but I came down with a bit of sickness. This short and...
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Father Photios
- May 3
- 7 min
Holy Friday
St. Philaret the Confessor On Holy and Great Friday (April 14/27, 1973) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy...
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Father Photios
- May 2
- 1 min
Looking Back
A Sonnet, by Ephraim Figueroa, with permission. And when I think of all my days gone by, Which seem like waves that beat against the...
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Father Photios
- May 1
- 1 min
New Sign is Up!
Well, thanks to some hard work and everyone’s prayers, the new church sign is up in it’s temporary place. Just in time for Pascha! Καλή...
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Father Photios
- Apr 16
- 2 min
Victory Requires Combat
From the Prologue of Ochrid, by Nikolai Velomirovic, for April 1st; Reflection "Why is it that much is said and written about the...
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Father Photios
- Apr 3
- 8 min
Pray Constantly
Friends, it is a common fallacy that constant, deep prayer is for monastics and clergy only. Let us look at life: we must make time to...
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