“Without sacrifice for the sake of the Lord and of our neighbor nothing will come of the spiritual life. You won’t learn to love without sacrifice.” – Saint Gabriel of Georgia
Holy Father Nicholas Pray to God for us “This glorious saint, celebrated even today throughout the entire world, was the only son of his eminent and wealthy parents, Theophanes and Nona, citizens of the city of Patara in Lycia. Since he was the only son bestowed on them by God,
God has come to flip their pyramid scheme upside-down.
Constant Movement Allows Us to Hide from Ourselves In an age when people change addresses as often as those in past generations changed their socks, stability of place is almost unheard of. When I was a young man I moved from city to city quite often. One year alone I
God gives everything. Do you even give a care?
The Search for God in an Unbelieving World In all of eternity our God chose to create humankind in His image and likeness, offering His creatures the opportunity to commune with Him in the endlessness that is time. The Lord has given us free will, allowing us to choose, or
God bless you, father. I live in Iran. It’s an Islamic republic. As someone who’s trying to embrace orthodoxy, I’m the only Christian I know in real life. And that’s tough. Just wanted to ask you, I can’t be baptized or take communion. Will I be saved? – @imxred6788
God is With Us in the Intimacy of Grief There are those moments that bring together whole communities in need of mourning together. During such times like these, we need to mourn. One of the most tremendously rewarding and challenging aspects of the priesthood is comforting people in their darkest
“In the Last Days a man will be saved by love, humility and kindness. Kindness will open the gates of heaven; humility will lead one into heaven; a man whose heart is filled with love will see God. This is my last will and testament: raise your prayers for everyone;
Replacing Faith With Materialism, Greed, and Hopelessness If we think about it, there is a clear reason so many of our youth have given themselves over to the despair of nihilism, and surrendering to a viewpoint where traditional values and beliefs are dismissed as senseless and useless. These young people