What cause could be more outrageous than violence — fatal violence — against the most helpless members of our human community? If that...

The existence of Russia is of a great spiritual and cultural value – not only for you and me, but for all humanity. The special value of...

An appeal to the world, from Canonical Russian Orthodox Bishop, Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye and Melitopol, of Ukraine. Addressed to...

"Man is what he eats." With this statement the German materialistic philosopher Feuerbach thought he had put an end to all "idealistic"...

Be meek and do not get angry, for anger is a fruit of egotism and self-will, while, on the contrary, meekness is a fruit of a humble...

I spent my entire life in sickness and sorrows, but without sorrows, how can one be saved? Illness is sent by God in place of and to make...

How to behave during an illness so that it would be unto salvation. Do not panic and do not lose heart during an illness or aging. What...

Thank God for them. For - all is gift - especially unanswered prayers, because the Lord is an omniscient giver of gifts. Whether or not...

Why do men leave one place and settle in another place? Primarily because they hope that they will be more fortunate in the other place....

For every man, peace of soul is precious. From perpetual vigilance over the heart, purity is born, in which the Lord is seen according...

My child, do not forget that we are in this world only temporarily and that our life dangles by a thread and that all the desirable...

Immanuel. God is with us. Wonderful Counselor. Lord of Life. Lord of All. Prince of Peace. Mighty God - Immanuel. St. Afanasy...

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

Everyone has a cross to carry. Elder Ephraim of Katounakia Every single person has a cross to carry. Why? Since the leader of our...

Do not resent. Do not react. Keep inner stillness. These three spiritual principles, or disciplines, are really a summation of the...

Do not resent. Do not react. Keep inner stillness. These three spiritual principles, or disciplines, are really a summation of the...

Is God absent or present? Is He near at hand, or remote and withdrawn? It’s a matter of how you look at it. Archimandrite Aimilianos of...

The answer to our anxiety is not drugs, alcohol, tranquilizers or psychiatric treatment. The anxieties of modern life are only symptoms...

The Virgin today doth stand forth within the Church, and with the choirs of the Saints invisibly for us doth pray to God: angels with...

When you are forgotten, or neglected and you don't hurt with the insult, but your heart is happy - that is dying to self. Orthodox Africa...