When over the gloomy and deep abyss of grief, sorrows suddenly open before us - carry on up - on the wings of faith! Saint Ignatius...

Terrible is the approach of death to people who are passionate, sinful and weak, who have not tried to live blamelessly in this vain...

Suffering is an indication of another Kingdom which we look to. If being Christian meant being “happy” in this life, we wouldn’t need...

Grant that my sickness may be the means of my true repentance and amendment of my life according to Thy will, that I may spend the rest...

Remember, O man, that thou art dust. And unto dust shalt thou return. Riches do not remain. Glory does not accompany one to the other...

Do not fear, for we have before us our big brothers - the angels - who fight together with us. December 7, 2019. Memory eternal! For...

There is no greater evil than egotism. It gives birth to all temptations and troubles, and woe to whomever it entangles - it will deform...

What is our life? Almost the same thing as the life of a leaf on a tree! After many years of absence, I visited that beautiful village...

What's the point? Why this effort? Why the aggregating? The curating? The posting? Why publish Orthodox Wisdom for all who suffer?...

We benefit greatly from our illnesses, as long as we endure them without complaint and glorify God, asking for His mercy. Saint...

No wonder then that it is hard to be a Christian. It is not hard, it is impossible. No one can knowingly accept a way of life which,...

Be at peace. Put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations. Do not look forward in fear to those changes and struggles in life, rather...

Another reason why human suffering is a mystery to an unbeliever is because his very idea of God is false. Father Seraphim (Rose) Modern...

One such candle was Romanian priest Fr. George Calciu. He and his family lived quietly until the communist government renewed its...

In the Eucharist, the baptized person receives Christ Who, in His Body and Blood, gives Himself entirely, not just as man, but also as...

Christ visits us. He is with us. He is in us. He heals us. We pray in the Trisagion prayers, “Holy One visit and heal our infirmities...

I have no fear. Because I have given myself to Him, because I have surrendered myself to Him, I have no fear. I’m on my way to heaven....

But suffering, as the crowning of a man bearing his cross, gives birth in his heart to great Divine joy. As a mother grieves during the...

It is the age with which our true life begins. A man should not despair, no matter how great his sins, for a man is not saved by his good...

Set aside your wish to find peace on this earth pre-maturely in order to receive it in time. That is, upon our death. Put to death your...