Saint John Chrysostom writes to Saint Olympia about how to combat depression during sickness. "What, therefore, do I say and write? ...

The older I grow, the more I perceive the instability, the vanity of earthly things. Oh, why do we trouble ourselves in vain with all...

We encounter in Christian history, any number of holy people, faced with their own illnesses or the illnesses of those in their care, who...

Complete trust in God. That's what holy humility is. Complete obedience to God, without protest, without reaction, even when some...

How many times have we heard this from others and also said it ourselves? It is true: All we can do is pray - but that is not how this...

Of all prayers, this is The Prayer. The Jesus Prayer. It is called “the lifeline of the soul and of the body”, “the foundation of...

With one temptation replacing another. It can seem like temptations will never end, but we must remember and not forget that the clouds...

Love Him with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your thoughts. Doing so, you will lead a peaceful life on this earth and a...

(Continued from Part 1) Platon - Bishop of Kastroma As you partake of dinner, picture to yourself the image of Our Heavenly Father...

January 6 / 19 - The Baptism of The Lord Troparion When Thou, O Lord, wast baptized in the Jordan, the worship of the Trinity was made...

Make a firm resolution to do everything for the Lord, to receive everything from His Fatherly Hand, and make a special resolution to do...

My will. Your will. God's Will. In general, do not become irritated when anything is not done in accordance with your will, but learn...

Become saints. Throw yourselves into becoming friends with Christ, into His love alone, into divine eros. Elder Porphyrios The whole...

The secret? To struggle to acquire the grace of God. We benefit greatly from our illnesses, as long as we endure them without complaint...

I feel illness as the love of Christ. I often say to Him: ‘My Christ, Your love knows no limits!’ How I am alive is a miracle. (Offered...

The most perfect prayer. "...through the Cross Joy has come to all the World..." It is the privilege of the Orthodox Deacon to pray this...

Through His incarnation, through becoming man, becoming human, has God in the most manifest way entered into the very womb, the very...

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

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

The inner eye of the mind, or of the soul, functions by means of faith, in much the same way that the exterior, physical, eyes function...