But people who believe in God should not despond, because through sorrows they receive the rights of sons, without which one cannot enter...

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...

The days pass and fly away. The hours run without stopping. In the headlong rush of time the world nears its end. Not one day will...

“The world” is the general name for all the passions. When we wish to call the passions by a common name, we call them the world. But...

hollow /hŏl′ō/ adjective 1. Having a cavity, gap, void or space within. This re-published post is longer than normal. But it's...

Living in this age of information consumption places new burdens on us as humans, subjecting us to a different form of enslavement....

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

May the Lord give us all the spiritual and physical strength to survive these times. Send, O Lord, Thy mercy to every one of us....

We're all sinners. But everyone can become a Saint. However, people are terrified and think, “How can I read all the prayers and...

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...

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner... Most Holy...

Sickness exists in the world only because of sin. There would be no sickness at all, neither mental nor physical, if man had not sinned....

Great and Holy Friday 2023 "Then they delivered Him to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led Him away. And He, bearing His Cross,...

A glorious finish awaits your small ascetic struggle, and an endless reward will be granted for your temporary labors. Our Creator has...

First of all it must be understood that it is the duty of all Christians - especially of those whose calling dedicates them to the...

"If you will have patience in difficulties, you know the Holy Spirit is within you. If you will also have the strength to be thankful in...

We must have our gaze fixed on heaven. Then nothing here can shake us. When tribulations come of their own accord, do not fear them. ...

Cling to our sweet Jesus, cry out to Him in your afflictions. Entrust to Him the care of grievous things and He will do good to you....

We do not choose the time we are to be born in this world, but we do choose how we will spend our time in this world. We choose how to...

A sampling of the Patristic Orthodox wisdom of the reposed Blessed Hieromonk Fr. Seraphim (Rose). An American protestant, who was among...