On the Need for the Church in the Lives of Our Young People
By Archbishop Lazar Puhalo Source: Orthodox Canada. The Canadian Journal of Orthodox Christian Thought and Theology We do not have to read special scientific reports to know that children in our society are in trouMORE THAN WORDS: ON THE LANGUAGE OF HEAVEN
By Fr. Geoffrey Korz Source: "Orthodox Canada". A Journal of Orthodox Christianity "If you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say 'Amen' at your giving of thanks, sinENRICHING YOUR LIFE IN THE ORTHODOX FAITH
By Matushka Photini Henderson Source: Orthodox Family Life First, let me preamble the following comments with the observation that the Church is both a large, supportive family with our Lord as the Paterfamilias (the all-powerful Father), By St. John of Kronstadt Translated by Elena Chikisheva Edited by Maureen E. Fear evil like fire. Don't let it touch your heart even if it seems just or righteous. No matter what the circumstances, don't let it come into you.Asceticism: the Bridge between Marriage and Monasticism in Orthodox Spirituality
By Vincent Rossi Source: The Web site of the Parish of the Protection of the Holy Virgin Mary The traditional teaching of the Orthodox Church that monasticism is a “higher” or the ‘highest’ spiritual calling is rec By Archbishop Seraphim of Ottawa and Canada Source: Canadian Orthodox Messenger source http://www.pravmir.com/article_681.html As many as have been baptised into Christ, have put on Christ. (Galatians 3.27) By Rev. Fr. Vasilios Bassakyros Source: The Cathedral Voice. April 2009, volume 2, issue 2 Anyone who has visited St. Catherine’s Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, can attest to the remoteness of its location. From Cairo,Everyday Saints: To Be or Not To Be
By Becky Thurner Source: St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Church How many of us have thought how much easier our spiritual life would be if we didn’t have to deal with daily chores, refereeing sibling arguments, stretching to maIf There Is No God -Then Everything Is Permitted
By Fr. Steven Kostoff Source: Christ the Savior ~ Holy Spirit Orthodox Church It is in The Brothers Karamazov, the last and most complex of Fyodor Dostoevsky's philosophical novels, that we encounter the riveting aphThe Holy Royal Martyrs in the Light of History and God’s Providence
Behind all wars, revolution, downfall of kingdoms, – all the political events of external history – we see the hidden working of spiritual laws and, in the final analysis, God’s Providence concerning the fates of peoples and nations