Wisdom & Word
Religion
‘Dance, Creation, on Hearing of the Birth of the Young Child’ (Kontakio of the Forefeast of the Nativity)
Hieromonk Serapion of Simonopetra Monastery †
25 December 2023
Together with the hymnographer, we wonder profoundly, are at a loss and ast... 
Reply to mockery with a smile
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich
18 October 2023
Their mockery comes from a malicious heart; let your smile be without any b...
Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter 38)
Saint Irenaeus of Lyons
14 October 2023
Why we were not made perfect from the beginning.
(Saint Irenaeus ends the ...
No-one has found prayer without attention and vigilance
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
5 October 2023
So make haste. Say the prayer all the time. Don’t let your mouth stop at a...
Who says God exists?
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich
4 October 2023
(From a letter to a school-teacher and her mother).
Both you and your elde...
On sudden death
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
22 August 2023
Nowadays when science and technology are flying, when cultures converge and...
Saint John Cassian and Abbas Serenus: Do the Wicked Ultimately Prosper?
Saint John Cassian
17 August 2023
How we ought not to despise those who are delivered up to unclean spirits.
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‘Keep saying in your heart’
Saint John of Kronstadt
24 July 2023
‘Keep saying in your heart, “Christ is love”. In this way, you’ll love all ...
Our weapon against fear
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich
11 July 2023
‘Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely...
The inconstancy of our inner state
Saint Theophan the Recluse
4 July 2023
You complain about the volatility of your inner state- sometimes it’s good,...
