"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....

Quite possibly the most sublime, ethereal, and sanctified liturgical pieces ever composed. The All-Night Vigil is celebrated in...

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...

Even when the light is fading - even when my heart is breaking. Even when the walls are caving in I’ll say Amen! I’ll say Amen! Amen!...

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

If sickness and suffering can, and should be spiritually transcended and transfigured in Christ, and if they can constitute an ascetic...

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...

At that time Michael the Great Prince shall arise... But God’s people will be delivered. Those who are found in the Book of Life. And...

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

How's a garden ever supposed to grow - If there ain't no rain, there ain't no rain? How'm I gonna ever learn how to feel. If there...

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...

The gateway to the Fast has been opened. The arena of abstinence lies here before us. Let us rouse ourselves with fiery eagerness, and so...

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...

Any Orthodox Christian who does even the least bit of spiritual reading will come across the Slavic word “podvig.” While this word can be...

Freeze dried food, check. Extra batteries, check. Water, check. Gun, Bullets, check, check. Let's see, "What else are we...

How should we conduct ourselves during meals? Never begin lunch or dinner, or finish them, without fervent prayer to the Lord God as,...

In his own words, he admits his mistakes, his misfortune and his miscalculations. And yet, he does not repent. He will not repent. He...