"It is shameful to be proud of the adornments that are not your own, but utter madness to fancy one deserves God's gifts. Be exalted only by such achievements as you had before your birth. But what … [Read more...]
The Path
August 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. - Oscar Wilde … [Read more...]
One Faith
January 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
"There are three things I cannot take in: nondogmatic faith, nonecclesiological Christianity and nonascetic Christianity. These three - the church, dogma, and asceticism - constitute one single life … [Read more...]
Two relationships entwined
July 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
"He cannot have God for his Father who has no the Church for his mother." - St. Cyprian of Carthage … [Read more...]
Loving Enemies Means Having No Enemies
June 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In the teaching of St. Silouan and Elder Sophrony, people are not classified as enemies and friends, bad and good, but people who have known God and people who have not known God. Wherever enemies are … [Read more...]
Vespers Stichera, Annunciation
December 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Gabriel came and stood before you, O Virgin. Revealing God's eternal plan he greeted you: "Hail, O earth that has not been sown! Hail, burning bush that remains unconsumed! Hail, O unsearchable … [Read more...]
Frail Shadows of Elusive Dreams
December 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
What earthly joy remains untouched by grief? What glory stands forever on the earth? Frail shadows of elusive dreams which death will one day sweep away. But in the light of Thy countenance, O Christ, … [Read more...]
Fulfill Our Intention
December 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Magnify, O my soul, her who is more honorable and more glorious than the armies on high. It would be easier for us to keep silence, out of fear, for it is without danger, and it is difficult O Virgin … [Read more...]
Our Mother
December 25, 2009 By 1 Comment
Rejoice O Jerusalem. Keep the feast all ye who love Sion. Today, the ancient bonds of Adam's condemnation hath been loosed. Paradise hath been opened unto us. The serpent hath been destroyed. He who … [Read more...]
9th Ode of the 2nd Canon of Christ's Nativity
December 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Magnify, O my soul, her who is more honorable and more exalted in glory than the heavenly hosts. I behold a strange and wonderful mystery: the cave a heaven, the Virgin a cherubic throne, and the … [Read more...]
