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There’s no end
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
21 July 2018
It’s not the case that God’s been described and that’s it, or that His attributes are able to be so described. When, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, we enter into the bosom of Glorification, we’re ... 
Grave and weighty errors
Abba Dorotheos
20 July 2018
If we recall the words of the great Elders, if we study them, it’ll be hard for us to fall into sin, difficult for us to neglect ourselves. Because, if we act precisely as they advise us, and don’t ...
Dialogue of religions: historical experience and principal foundations
Sergey Horujy, Academician
20 July 2018
1. Some Pages of History
Cultural consciousness of our times formed up by the age of Enlightenment considers relations of different religions and faiths as marked predominantly by discords, conflicts...
Experiences from a Conference: the Internet at the Pastoral Service of the Church
Hieromonk Alexios Yiannios
19 July 2018
By God’s Grace, a fortnight has passed since the end of the 2nd International Conference on Digital Media and Orthodox Pastoral Care, which was held at the congenial conference centre of the Orthodox ...
He gives you His own
Saint Makarios the Egyptian
19 July 2018
When God sees that you attribute to Him whatever you’re managed to achieve through your own efforts, He then, in turn, gives you what is properly His: divine, spiritual things....
Wicked arrows
Saint John Chrysostom
18 July 2018
What are the devil’s arrows? They’re wicked desires, unclean thoughts, devastating passions, rage, jealousy, envy, anger, hatred, love of money and every other form of indolence. All of these can be...
Anything can change
Saint Peter the Damascan
17 July 2018
A sign of the first kind of fear is to hate sin and to become angry with it, as if you’ve been wounded by a wild animal. A sign of perfect fear is to love virtue and to fear alteration. Because none...
Practical instruction
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
16 July 2018
There’s no other factor that’s so effective as various sorrows, self-inflicted or otherwise, in bringing the mind to a humble outlook. The impossibility of its redemption teaches it in practical ter...
