Continued from (18) 3. On Regime and Disorder Among the duties which the ever-memorable Elder taught us during the first...
Continued from (Part XXXVI) Mechanics of Prayer. The Church of Christ teaches us prayers composed by righteous and holy men....
Continued from (17) 2. On Discovering the Will of God Our life with the Elder had the character of childhood...
Continued from (Part XXXV) Orthodox Prayer. The goal of the Christian’s life on earth is salvation in our Lord Jesus...
Acquire internal peace, and thousands around you shall find salvation. St. Seraphim of Sarov
Continued from (Part XXXIV) Holy Matrimony. In the theology of the Orthodox Church man is made in the Image of...
Continued from (16) Part Two: Teaching 1. On Sanctification and Dispassion We have already said how difficult it is to...
I asked a flower, a bird and a man what is love, and the flower bloomed, the bird sang, and...
Some of you may have seen the major news story of the private plane that crashed into a Montana cemetery,...
Continued from (15) It would be an omission not to speak of the other basic characteristic of our ever-memorable Elder,...
Further on (Moses) narrates that God arranged a garden at the east and put different plants their including the Tree...
Continued from (Part XXXIV) Holy Orders. In the Orthodox Church there are to be found three “Major Orders”-Bishop. Priest and...
The life and history of mankind will never be justified as long as in this world one child dies from...
Continued from (14) 11. The move to New Skete ‘Arsenios,’ said the Elder one day in June 1951, ‘it looks...
Continued from (Part XXXII) A Lament for Sin. St. Basil the Great says, “Weep over your sin: it is a spiritual...
By Ryassophore Monk Adrian Originally published in “Orthodox Word” magazine No. 190 When we come to know God as Person,...
Continued from (13) The Elder very often stressed the importance of vigil as the most practical method in the spiritual...
Continued from (Part XXXI) Holy Repentance (Penance — Confession). The Sacrament of Repentance developed early in the Church’s history in...
Continued from (12) Perhaps I am now making myself incomprehensible or exaggerating, in the view of those who do not...
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