There is No Spiritual Life Without Sacrifice ...

St. Nikolai's words from the mid-twentieth century are still relevant for American Orthodoxy today.📖 An excerpt from: St Nikolai Velimirovich on Orthodoxy in America & Its Future https://www.orthodoxhistory.org/2018/07/18/st-nikolai-velimirovich-orthodoxy-america-future/🎧 Orthod ...  Afficher plus

Wisdom from the desert fathers of early Orthodox monasticism regarding welcoming others, showing hospitality, fasting, breaking one's own fast, among other matters. Note: Geronda is Greek for "Elder"📖 Text is from the Gerondikon (Sayings of the Desert Fathers) https://stanthonysm ...  Afficher plus

If we’re not careful, it’s easy to let the pressures of life weigh us down. But God didn't create us to live weary and stressed out. When you choose to keep a joyful heart despite your circumstances, God will fill you with the strength you need. 

Your best days are still ...

Making small sacrifices is not just for Lent, because sacrifices and penance are necessary. As Christ said: “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23). And this is true all year long. But when Jesus said to deny yo ...  Afficher plus

When you pass through difficulties, you have to remember that you’re not buried; you’re planted. God is going to cause you to come out of that season stronger than you were before.

Your best days are still ahead, and together we can make a difference in this world with t ...

What you choose to dwell on can determine what’s going to take root in your life. When you meditate on what God says about you, you’ll activate His supernatural power in your life.

Your best days are still ahead, and together we can make a difference in this world with t ...