My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.
In this sermon, given while a fugitive from the wrath of the emperor had taken refuge in the church, St. John reveals the way spiritual values transcend and overshadow all physical things, how Christianity renders riches worthless. This is something we all need to hear and understand, us whose hearts…
Read more about The Vanity of Riches by St. John Chrysostomcatechesis 2: On taking care for ourselves and fleeing sin’s destructive places and ways. [Given on the Sunday of the Paralytic] Brethren and fathers, after the feast the season invites us once again to talk with you and to return to the usual instruction. And we have come with enthusiasm…
Read more about A Catechetical Homily of St. Theodore the Studiteby Priest Andrew Kencis “Of all of the innumerable temptations that we have to wade through on the path to salvation, there is one facet or “bonding agent” that is common to all of them. It is precisely that which weakens our resolve and allows thoughts contrary to what we…
Read more about Fettered by Fearby Our Holy Father Tikhon of Zadonsk This sermon not only dispels grief and suffering in the face of misfortune or troubles, but teaches the way such trials are for the good of the vigilant soul. St. Tikhon is an author of renowned spiritual wisdom, and he is especially known…
Read more about Recognizing Misfortune or Trouble Leads One to Seek Deliveranceby Claudia Vasilievna Ustignia Through the will of God, the account of this miracle, which took place 24 years ago [1965], has reached America. It’s authenticity is verified by the fact that it records the year, day, hour, city, address, names… etc. Reading it, we behold the great care which…
Read more about Orthodox Near-Death Experience in Russia“Always keep the name of Jesus on your lips, in your mind and your heart. As often as possible think of the Great love to you of the Lord God, praised and worshiped in Trinity, so that you yourself would love Him with all your heart, with all your soul,…
Read more about Principles for Pious Life by Archbishop Platon of KostromaThis lecture from the 1979 Orthodox Christian Youth Conference deals with those windows of Heaven, the holy and venerable icons. Fr. George gives a historical context to the theology of the icon, and then uses the concept of a material icon that portrays unclouded reality as an introduction to the…
Read more about Icons: Aids in Spiritual Struggle by Fr. George TurpaOur Lord Jesus Christ, instructing His disciples and apostles, imbued in them the necessity of observing purity of heart and thought. From the thought and from the heart proceed our sinful impulses: “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart,” says the Saviour; “and…
Read more about Modesty and Will by St. Metropolitan Philaret Voznesensky of New YorkIn the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy SpiritMore than once, brethren, the fact has been mentioned that on each Sunday in the Great Fast there are other commemorations beside that of the Resurrection. Thus, on this day, the Church glorifies the righteous John…
Read more about A Sermon of Metropolitan Philaret on the Sunday of St. John of the LadderElder Anatoly had a gift of prophesy, and clearly understood the impending trials that Christians would have to face in the last times, the era of the apocalypse, due to “poverty in piety” and a lack of true hierarchs. These instructions bespeak his tremendous love and concern for the faithful…
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