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

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 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...

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

Entrust your health to God. If your illness or the doctor imposes something on you, accept it with the hope that through it God will...

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....

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....

The Church is hospital for us. Christ becomes our Doctor. His Love are the Divine Services, and participation in the Sacraments, all of...

I greet you in these bright days of Pascha, with the ever-fragrant newness of the greeting rich with the truth of the Divine energy of...

"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...

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....

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...

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

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...

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