Faith Gives People True Freedom and Unites Them with God
Patriarch Kirill (Moscow and All Russia) – A person who believes in God is filled with tremendous power, because knowledge is revealed through faith. Faith brings a person into living contact with the...
View ArticleMoses and the Ten Words
by Fr. Lawrence Farley – Recently I read an interesting critique of American Christianity. It pointed out that in an earlier day the schoolrooms for our children used to feature the Ten Commandments...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Life: Follow Christ, Seek the Holy Spirit, Desire Salvation
by Fr. Gabriel (Hieromonk) – The answer to the question, the meaning of our life, is the Holy Spirit of God being poured out upon us. It is our calling on the name of the Lord and being saved....
View ArticleSin Cannot Be Blessed by the Church
by Fr. Photius Avant – Sin itself, of any variety, cannot be blessed by the Church. It can’t be. Sin is destructive. It is corrosive. It has within it the principle of death, of dissolution. “Thine...
View ArticleHomosexual Unions or Intercourse Can Never Be Redeemed or Blessed by God
by Fr. Thomas Hopko – While sexual intercourse between a man and a woman has the possibility of being a pure and proper actualization of divine love when enacted in a godly manner, homosexual...
View ArticleHow Do We Keep Our Youth in the Church?
by Fr. Abbot Tryphon – We are living in an age that has witnessed changes on a massive scale as never before. The way we communicate has changed with the coming of the internet, with information...
View ArticleTen Things to Say When Children Say They Don’t Believe in God Anymore
by Natasha Crain – I always enjoy talking to parents after speaking and this weekend was no exception. One thing I realized this time was that at every event where I’ve spoken in the last couple of...
View ArticleAll or Nothing – God Can Never Bless Sin or Accept Evil
by Anthony Esolen – Not one minute of time, not one millimeter of space, may be devoted to the false god, as if we could declare it off limits from God. “Ye shall be as gods,” said the serpent....
View Article“When It’s Safe” in Church Means Never
by Fr. Geoffrey Korz – Kindly set aside the idea that you will return to the holy services “when it’s safe”. That day will never come. At every liturgy in the Orthodox Church, just before the singing...
View ArticleFaithfully Connecting with God Leads to a Grace-Filled Christian Life
by Fr. Theodore Stylianopoulos – Genuine faith is not a theoretical affirmation of the idea of the existence of God but a personal search for God as our loving Father and unfailing hope. Much of...
View ArticleSt. Paisios Brotherhood: Orthodox Men’s Group Challenges Men to Recover...
The Brotherhood of St. Paisios – The first goal is purity of heart, growth into real manhood, the acquisition of virtue, the strengthening of manly character. The Brotherhood exists so that we can...
View ArticleDon’t Lose Heart in the Troubling Times We Live In
by Fr. Dimitry Shishkin – Whatever may happen, we must not succumb to melancholy, but on the contrary, we must resist it with faith, courage and patience According to statistics, about seventy-five...
View ArticleCultivate the Spiritual Discipline of Gratitude
by Fr. Luke A. Veronis – The spiritual discipline of gratitude helps us to discover life from the perspective of God. Gratitude as a spiritual discipline. Gratitude as a choice. Let’s think about this....
View ArticleParents Must Fight to Prevent the Fallen World from Stealing Their Children
by Fr. Octavian Moşin – Our main duty is to surround the children with care and prevent any harmful influence from entering their souls or stealing them from us. To create a family is about denouncing...
View ArticleWhy Does God Put Us Through Trials?
by Vladimir Basenkov – So that we finally believe in Him. The unit for measuring faith has not been invented yet, but its value determines the degree and the character of a person’s closeness to God....
View ArticleLiving in Apocalyptic Times: Be Vigilant, Take Courage, Have Hope, Be Merciful
by Fr. Gabriel (Hieromonk) – Christians are coming to the conclusion that the times are not merely troubling, but apocalyptic. There is no question that we live in troubling times. The 20th century...
View ArticleLukewarm and Fearful Christians Are the Devil’s Playground
by Jackie Morfesis – The darkness revels at Christians afraid to shine their light. In fact, a fearful Christian is the devil’s playground. I was blessed to have a mother, Lucia, memory eternal, who...
View ArticleRighteousness Is Not A Part Time Job
by Abbot Tryphon – The quest for righteousness is not a part time job. Teachers and parents routinely remind children of the importance of refraining from giving in to peer pressure, knowing that good...
View ArticleBold Faith in a Secular World: Be on Fire for God’s Holy Word
by Jackie Morfesis – Realign your priorities with God’s law. Be on fire for His Holy Word. Eastern Orthodox Christianity is timeless, beautiful, and profoundly critical, crucial and relevant in today’s...
View ArticleWe Are Called to Proclaim the Good News of the Truth
by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) – Today we may not face the heresy of Arius, but there are many other false teachings which are spreading among the people and are causing the faithful to go astray...
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