Stranger to Fear “Whoever fears God stands above all manner of fear. He has become a stranger to all the fear of this world and placed it far from himself, and no manner of trembling comes near him.” Saint Ephraim the Syrian Wednesday April 2, 2025 / March 20,
Category: The Morning Offering
Joy to the Soul “When the soul knows the love of God by the Holy Spirit, then he clearly feels that the Lord is our own Father, the closest, dearest Father, the best. And there is not greater happiness than to love God with all the mind and heart, and
Wonders of the Faith Our faith is full of miracles and wonders, big and small, and every moment. Abide and thrive! #orthodoxy #icons #prayer Monday March 31, 2025 / March 18, 2025 Fifth Week of the Great Lent. Tone seven. Great Lent. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
The Kursk Root Icon Visits the Monastery, and our pilgrims planted an orchard!
True Prayer “True prayer is undistracted, prolonged, performed with a contrite heart and alert intellect. The vehicle of prayer is everywhere humility, and prayer is a manifestation of humility. For being conscious of our own weakness, we invoke the power of God.” Saint Nectarios of Aegina Sunday March 30, 2025
See God in All Things “A man becomes spiritual insofar as he lives a spiritual life. He begins to see God in all things, to see His power and might in every manifestation. Always and everywhere he sees himself abiding in God and dependent on God for all things. But
From Holy Cross Monastery: Prayers Fervently Requested for Archimandrite Seraphim For the past month or so, our abbot Archimandrite Seraphim has been experiencing certain symptoms: loss of peripheral vision, some lack of coordination etc. On Friday, March 14th he visited his ophthalmologist to have his vision checked; the doctor suspected a
Do Not Dispute? “Do not dispute over the truth with someone who does not know the truth; but from the person that is eager to know the truth, do not withhold words from him.” Saint Isaac the Syrian #words #truth #evangelism Friday March 28, 2025 / March 15, 2025 Fourth
No Chance “Do not say, “this happened by chance, while this came to be of itself.” In all that exists there is nothing disorderly, nothing indefinite, nothing without purpose, nothing by chance… How many hairs are on your head? God will not forget one of them. Do you see how
Weaponized Imagination “Imagination is the most cunning weapon of Satan; imagining the past, and imagining the future; imagining good works, imagining bad ones. Various thoughts come and preoccupy the nous, so that it ceases to meditate on the name of Jesus. He tries to make man not to show interest