Center of the Universe.
After Communion, the Priest enters the Holy Altar and places the Holy Things upon the Holy Table. The Deacon then holds the Holy Diskos...
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Oct 20, 20233 min read
War is Hell.
An appeal to the world, from Canonical Russian Orthodox Bishop, Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye and Melitopol, of Ukraine. Addressed to...
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Apr 14, 20232 min read
Father Forgive Them.
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,...
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Mar 13, 20234 min read
Illness unto Salvation.
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...
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Mar 3, 20231 min read
The Case for Contentment.
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....
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Feb 20, 20231 min read
A Prepper's Check List.
Freeze dried food, check. Extra batteries, check. Water, check. Gun, Bullets, check, check. Let's see, "What else are we...
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Jan 6, 20232 min read
Wings of Faith.
When over the gloomy and deep abyss of grief, sorrows suddenly open before us - carry on up - on the wings of faith! Saint Ignatius...
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Oct 31, 20223 min read
Do not React.
Do not resent. Do not react. Keep inner stillness. These three spiritual principles, or disciplines, are really a summation of the...
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Oct 28, 20223 min read
Do not Resent.
Do not resent. Do not react. Keep inner stillness. These three spiritual principles, or disciplines, are really a summation of the...
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Oct 10, 20224 min read
Sickness Can Save Us.
We benefit greatly from our illnesses, as long as we endure them without complaint and glorify God, asking for His mercy. Saint...
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Sep 20, 20221 min read
The Death of Fear.
Be at peace. Put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations. Do not look forward in fear to those changes and struggles in life, rather...
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Aug 15, 20225 min read
He (still) Makes House Calls.
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...
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Jul 25, 20222 min read
The Angelic Life.
Oh, if man would only lift his mind above this earthly realm to the heavenly Jerusalem, to the inconceivable beauty of paradise where...
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Jul 11, 20224 min read
Paradise Present.
The Lord gave us the Holy Spirit, and the man in whom the Holy Spirit lives feels that he has paradise within him. Saint Silouan the...
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Jun 29, 20222 min read
Will The Soul Accept or Reject Suffering?
The soul has to make a choice, and the outcome will either break it into pieces or enable it to sail to its destination in God....
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Jun 24, 20222 min read
Antidote for Anxiety. (part two)
It is impossible to escape tribulation in this world but the man who is given over to the will of God bears tribulation easily, seeing it...
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Jun 22, 20224 min read
Antidote for Anxiety. (part one)
How are you to know if you are living according to the will of God? He who lives according to God's will has no cares. The soul given...
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Jun 20, 20222 min read
Kill Your Will.
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...
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Jun 13, 20221 min read
In Brevity is Beauty.
Within our culture of noise 24/7 - a paradox occurs. Counterintuitively what garners the most impact is not who is the loudest, or talks...
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