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...

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...

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...

From the Prologue of Ochrid, by Nikolai Velomirovic, for April 1st; Reflection "Why is it that much is said and written about the...

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...

A few words to the Christian concerning time How time flies! It seems not long ago that the last year began, and now we have already...

"Today is called “Forgiveness Sunday.” It received this name from the pious Orthodox Christian custom at Vespers of asking each other’s...

This last week I buried a man who was a parishioner and a close friend. His name was Euphrosyn Greenfield (a tonsured Reader) and he was...

Please take a few moments and listen to this wonderful homily concerning this great holy man of God. During the recent difficult times in...

A Reminder to us that True Christianity is a Struggle by Archbishop Averky [Taushev] The Lord said: "Whosoever will come after me, let...

It seems everyone knows someone like this, or at least has heard of someone fitting this description: The long-suffering mother or...

A Short Rule of Vigilance for one living in the world By St. Ignatius Brianchaninov The essence of any striving toward the Lord is...

On the temple By Arbp. Averky Taushev, of Blessed Memory God’s temples and everything which takes place in them -the Church’s prayers,...

A Homily on Theophany By Saint Philaret the Confessor of NY On the day of the feast of Theophany--the Baptism of the Lord--it is not out...

Originally Printed in Orthodox Life magazine, 1977 Imitate the Life of the Saint Whose Name You Bear At Holy Baptism each person is given...

What is the use of being called a Christian, but not actually being one?

Sometimes it's not an event itself (whatever that may be) which causes so much pain and sorrw, but how we react to it that makes all the...

This is letter #66 from Nikolai Velomirivic's "Missionary Letters." He highlights the three most important things in life, and the last...

"Thus your soul will return into a normal, healthy state and it will be like a good tree."

St. Paisius Velichkovsky THAT ONE SHOULD ENDURE SORROWS From Little Russian Philokalia, Volume IV St. Herman Press & St. Paisius Abbey...