The parks, trails, forests, and gardens around us echo the promise of our destiny to once again walk with God.
Category: The Morning Offering
Racism Has No Place In The Life Of A Christian It is important to understand that genetically, all humans are of but one race. Indians, Arabs, Jews, Caucasians, Africans, and Asians, are not different races, but rather, different ethnicities of the human race. God created all humans with the same
Showdown at the Lavra
Therapeutic Tradition Of The Church Most of us have been asked the question, “are you saved?”, at least once in our life. Having its origin in the protestant soteriology (doctrine of salvation), this question has clearly become part of our American cultural lexicon. The question is often asked by Evangelical
We must learn the lessons of the lockdowns and stand firm in the faith.
God Is Heard In The Silence Of The Heart The very heart of Orthodox monasticism is found in hesychia, that is, keeping stillness.The hesychast denies in order to affirm. Based on Christ’s injunction in the Gospel of Saint Matthew to “go into your closet to pray”, hesychasm in tradition has
When your culture is demonic, the only solution is an exorcism. This kind will only come out with prayer and fasting.
And My Thoughts On The Oneness of Creation There is no formal doctrine in the Orthodox Church concerning the afterlife for animals, including our pets. Those Fathers of the Church who have expressed themselves on this matter were simply expressing theological opinions that have not become universally accepted, and remain
The Orthodox Practice Of Standing For Worship Standing before God has been the only acceptable posture for Orthodox Christians from the earliest of times. We recognize that a faithful servant would never sit before his master, for the faithful are all servants of the Lord, whom we worship as we