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[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

The example of St. Catherine the Great Martyr

Word of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill after Divine Liturgy in St. Catherine’s Cathedral, Krasnodar

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

Cities in Russia were named in honor of St. Catherine, not the Tsarina, that the lives of their people would pass under her prayerful protection, that they would have a guideline, an ideal, an example, according to which simple, and rich, and poor, and noble, and common people could acquire the greatest strength of spirit, capable of making of an ordinary man a genius of spirit, a hero, and holy person.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

The Material God

Fr. Stephen Freeman

Most of the actions and rituals of the Orthodox life are quite simple. It requires approaching “things” as gifts from God. Everything in all of creation is icon and sacrament, a gift that bears the revelation of Christ, through Whom all things were made.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

A word on the feast of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

The Old Testament Temple of God accepted into itself the seed of new life, the divine maiden in whom will spiritually sprout and grow the New, saving Covenant of man with God. The Old Testament Temple of God took into itself the sacred Ark of the New Testament, the animate temple of the Savior, the precious bridal chamber and Virgin—the sacred treasury of the glory of God.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Mourning over your Sins

Fr. Valeriy Zakharov

I wish that we can all accept everything that God does for us, and be kind to our neighbors just like He is kind to us, because this is how our relationship towards God is strengthened – by our attitude towards other people.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

St. Philaret of Moscow: Daily Prayer and Prayer of the Prisoner

St. Philaret of Moscow

St. Philaret left a voluminous inheritance of what can be truly called patristic works. He also composed prayers, one of which has become for many a part of many people’s morning prayers. It is a prayer not for what we want, but for what God wills—that He would always be before us, working in us His Holy will.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

The God of the Bible

Metropolitan Saba (Esber)

There are certain erroneous or distorted beliefs that are widespread among the faithful.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

The Path of Giving

Met. Georges Khodr

What does this mean, "Sell everything you have and give it to the poor"?

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

A Personal Encounter with Christ

Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis

We’ve discussed many times why we receive Holy Communion. In today’s reflection we will discuss how to receive Communion, both from a practical and spiritual perspective.

[English Edition / Orthodoxy Today]

Strategies for Dealing with Impulsivity

Hieromonk Alexis (Trader)

Our lived experience tells us that today impulsivity can be a disorder that affects many people of all ages in a sundry of situations with a variety of objects that are the focus of pathological impulsivity.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Beneath Her Compassion

Fr. Stephen Freeman

Among the greater mysteries of the New Testament are those surrounding the Mother of God. A large segment of modern Christianity has become tone deaf in this regard, a result of centuries of antagonism towards certain aspects of older tradition.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

The heart is deep

A homily for Thanksgiving Day, 2015

Fr. Seraphim Holland

I hope that when you’re thinking about what you’re thankful for on this day it’s not different than any other day, because despite the fact that you are just a pitiful weak creature, God has called you to be a son and a daughter, and that you have a deep heart and that God is going to fill that heart with Himself. You will become all light, all fire, and all good. We should thank God for that every day.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Archimandrite Sophrony on Psychology: The Background

Elder Sophrony (Sakharov), Igumen Gregory (Zaiens)

It is sad to see the growing trust in Psychology in the Church. By virtue of my interactions within the Church it seems quite apparent that among a good number of our clergy, psychology is the prime source of pastoral counseling while the ascetic tradition of the Church is secondary, and by some it may even be overlooked.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

“Do you want to see an angel?”

St. Nektarios and his instructions

Olga Rozhneva

November 9/22 we remember St. Nektarios of Aegina, a modern ascetic and wonderworker. His life is amazing: the Lord manifested in a visible and tangible way His care for those who please Him. The saint acquired the gifts of the Holy Spirit: unceasing prayer and spiritual discernment, healing, clairvoyance, and prophecy. When he served the Divine Liturgy, in a prayerful state, his face radiated light which was visible to others.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Just Reach Out in Humble Faith: Homily for the 7th Sunday of Luke in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

If we are honest, we will recognize ourselves in her humble example. Who is not embarrassed and discouraged due to some long-term struggle, some weakness or burden that we have virtually lost hope of overcoming?

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

The Divine Liturgy

Elder Ephraim of Arizona

We should be partakers of the Sacrifice of the Slaughtered Lamb as often as we can, and as long as we are free to do so, since Holy Communion is a great aid for the believer which in turn helps him to fight sin.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Hiding in Plain Sight and The False Accusation

Fr. Stephen Freeman

All of us stand falsely accused. Our lives are a strange mix of virtue and vice.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Divided by Politics or United in Christ?

Fr. James Guirguis

Who are we as Christians, even, as Orthodox Christians…to be dismayed or exuberant over the winner of a political contest?

[English Edition / Theology]

God is a reality

Archpriest Andrei Tkachev

God is the highest, purest, and most undoubtable reality. I can doubt that you see me, or that I see you. Maybe we’re sleeping, perhaps it’s a dream. We can have doubts about this. But about whether God is a reality—it’s impossible to doubt. He is life, and truth, and the way, and He is reality, clouded for man because the devil played an evil trick on us—and we went along with this trick and called life that which is not life.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

A Virtuous Man

Fr. Stephen Freeman

Virtue is not a common word in our culture. It sounds somewhat “antique.” For some, it has very little meaning, or a meaning far removed from its original.

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

How to know the will of God?

Pastoral advice

In the course of our lives, we are often faced with the choice of how to proceed, which path to walk down, and not just to walk down, but how to know that this path corresponds to God’s will for us. And how can we know the will of God? How do we know that we’re making the right choice? Several pastors of the Russian Church offer their advice.

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