“I urge you by our common faith, by my true and simple love for you. Hold fast to your glory with courage, perseverance, and strength, having overcome the enemy. We are still in the world. We are still placed in…

“In Paradise it was in man's power to work without labor.” St. John Chrysostom St. John Chrysostom's biblical commentaries always cover a lot of ground. This quote is taken from his commentary on the healing story of the paralytic at…

FROM THE MISSIONARY LETTERS OF ST. NIKOLAI VELIMIROVICH: About the Paschal Service in Jerusalem Silouan of Mt. Athos The awaited has arrived! When the old patriarch sang “Christ is Risen” the heavy stone was lifted from our souls. We felt…

“We live a long time on this earth and we love the beauty of the earth: the sky and the sun, gardens, sea and river, forest and meadow, music too, and all the beauties of the world. But when the…

“If we have true love with sympathy and patient labor, we shall not go about scrutinizing our neighbor’s shortcomings.” St. Dorotheos of Gaza True love? It’s probably easier to define true love by what it is not rather than by…