In this video Father Spyridon Bailey cautions us that everything in this fallen world is temporary and will pass away. He reminds us that only God is permanent and will give us what our souls desire most in eternity. [Read more…]
Wisdom
Godly Answers to Man’s Existential Questions from Monk Simeon
Monk Simeon from Mount Athos provides answers to 24 of man’s existential questions. [Read more…]
A Scattered Life and an Attentive Life
by St. Ignatius Brianchaninov –
The sons of the world consider distraction to be innocent, but the Holy Fathers consider it to be the beginning of all evil (Sayings of the Desert Fathers, “On St Pimen the Great”). [Read more…]
Impossible to Follow the Crucified Lord Without Your Cross
Whoever desires to follow Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. (Mark 8:34). [Read more…]
Faith and Good Works are Essential for Success in Spiritual Life
by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) –
Spiritual life is born in man through faith in God and in His Revelation. However, faith without works is dead (James 2:26) and we, as the Apostle Paul testifies, are created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them (Eph 2:10). [Read more…]
Give Me Christian Mothers and I Will Give You Saints
“Give me Christian mothers and I will give you saints to change the world.” ~ St. John Chrysostom [Read more…]
Both Virtues and Vices Start from Slight Things
“When someone begins to say, ‘What does it matter if I say that word, eat that little morsel, feast my eyes on that?’ he falls into bad habits and runs the risk of gradually falling into insensibility. For both virtues and vices start from slight things and lead to greater ones, either good or bad.” ~ Archbishop Averky (Taushev)