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Each of us bear the image of God outwardly and inwardly. God has given each of us a portion of Himself. He desires to give of Himself to...

who in ignorance have been deceived by a fallen angel, whose calculations and strategies are cunning and manipulative beyond the understan...

From the Spiritual Counsels of the Blessed Elder Anthony of Russia ...in this system of preparing people for the coming of antichrist,...

There are martyrdoms that are more than costly. The costliness of a martyrdom depends on the greatness of the good things of this world th...

Ignatius Bishop of Antioch (98-117A.D.) – Epistle to the Magnesians For if we are still practicing Judaism, we admit that we have n...

Comment: What is fascinating to me, is that every detail of church tradition that St. Basil refers to in his treatise continues to be pra...

The standard charge of Protestants is that the Orthodox are idolatrous because they will reverence icons, images, relics and shrines. I...

John Calvin is one of the single most influential figures of Reformation theology. His theological attitudes are reflected even today in t...

Once during prayer Blessed Makarios heard a voice: "Makarios, thou hast reached such attainment as have two women living in the city...

Gerondissa (Greek for Abbess) Xeni, was born in 1867, and reposed in the Lord 1923. Mother Xeni, was chosen to become a Abbess of St. Necta...

St. John was a parish priest in Kronstadt, Russia, and during his pastoral life he wrote a book called "My Life In Christ". Th...

No matter what Orthodox Church you enter anywhere in the world, the liturgy is going to be the same. It is ancient, rich, full of symboli...

Because Orthodoxy is not individualistic, rather than the arrogance that goes with that individualism, in Orthodoxy we are taught to humbl...

Now for conservative Protestants this statement will come as quite a shock, and no doubt they would hotly dispute it -- but the statement is...

A native of Kodiak Island, Cungagnaq had been baptized by the monks of St. Herman's missionary party, receiving the Christian name P...

America is a rich and powerful nation that assumes this power and wealth was afforded to us by the God of the Bible. Could it be perhaps th...

BAD TRADITION Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat br...

"The question of the Church was certainly the catalyst in my own journey, especially after reading the Ignatius Press edition of Thomas...

... when the intellect has been perfected, it unites wholly with God and is illumined by divine light, and the most hidden mysteries are ...