“In times past, when heresies prevailed, many chose death through martyrdom and various tortures. Now, when we through the grace of Christ live in a time of profound and perfect peace, we learn for sure that the cross and death…

“As painful as it was to be abandoned by men at the threshold of death, it would be still more painful to be abandoned by God.” On the conversion of the Wise Thief, St. John Maximovich It is beautiful how…

“I remember in the days of my youth when, walking to church in the golden morning light, there was a breakthrough, a touch with a mysterious bliss. And all my life, deep down, has been a search for this contact,…

“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity!” Ecclesiastes 1:2 How many times have we heard this saying? I have heard it enough to know that I lack sensitivity when trying to understand its depth of meaning and wisdom. Like unknowingly placing…

“Of all the accusations against Christians, the most terrible one was uttered by Nietzsche when he said that Christians had no joy.” Fr. Alexander Schmemann As I sit down to write this I am tired and not very eager to…