Blessed is he, who like a courageous warrior defending heavenly treasures, preserves his soul and body without reproach in the Lord. Holy...

We must be prepared to accept the will of God. The Lord permits all sorts of things to happen to us contrary to our will, for if we...

Everyone has a cross to carry. Elder Ephraim of Katounakia Every single person has a cross to carry. Why? Since the leader of our...

Do not resent. Do not react. Keep inner stillness. These three spiritual principles, or disciplines, are really a summation of the...

Do not resent. Do not react. Keep inner stillness. These three spiritual principles, or disciplines, are really a summation of the...

Is God absent or present? Is He near at hand, or remote and withdrawn? It’s a matter of how you look at it. Archimandrite Aimilianos of...

What's the point? Why this effort? Why the aggregating? The curating? The posting? Why publish Orthodox Wisdom for all who suffer?...

The contemporary debate concerning physician-assisted suicide is predicated, from the traditional Christian standpoint, first, on a...

When you are forgotten, or neglected and you don't hurt with the insult, but your heart is happy - that is dying to self. Orthodox Africa...

Then don't expect to ascend. Whoever does not endure sufferings should not expect grace from Him. Elder Joseph the Hesychast When can...

Even if we are bedridden, we are to continue the struggle against the passions, producing fruits worthy of repentance. This work of...

Another reason why human suffering is a mystery to an unbeliever is because his very idea of God is false. Father Seraphim (Rose) Modern...

In the Eucharist, the baptized person receives Christ Who, in His Body and Blood, gives Himself entirely, not just as man, but also as...

I have no fear. Because I have given myself to Him, because I have surrendered myself to Him, I have no fear. I’m on my way to heaven....

Is God absent or present? Is He near at hand, or remote and withdrawn? It’s a matter of how you look at it. Elder Aimilianos of...

God never gives you a Cross without first weighing and measuring it very carefully to make sure that the Cross will result in your...

"...for I AM Holy..." Let us abandon ourselves in trust to the love of God When we surrender ourselves to Christ, our spiritual...

Bear your cross, and I shall bear mine, as we follow the heavenly Bridegroom, Christ, Who for us ungrateful sinners bore a Cross of...

Jesus did not come to eliminate suffering. Rather, He transformed it. He endured His Cross so that we can endure ours. By the power of...

Man is a great mystery. The human being is crowned with the glory and honor of being the very image of God. Every human being is an icon...