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 ...  Show more

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 ...  Show more

In our meditation of the week: Fr. Peter Armenio reflects on self-denial as a path to deeper faith and freedom in Christ. As we begin Lent, we are reminded that to follow Our Lord, we must deny ourselves and take up our cross daily. Self-denial strengthens our commitmen ...

Friends, this week, our second reading is from Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy. From prison, Paul writes to Timothy—the master to the disciple, the mentor to the mentee, the old soldier to the young soldier—and tells him to have courage, but to attach his courage to the weapon ...

Do you live in fear? There is so much to fear in life, but Christ wants us to be free from fear and live in courage. Dr. Sri explains the different ways to act in courage and how living courageously is living for others. Snippet from the Show We need patience and perseverance in ...  Show more

This English translation of the sermon of Metropolitan Nikolaos of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki (Greece) was recorded for otelders (Orthodox Teaching of the Elders) by Peter Eliades. Remember to visit our website otelders.org, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/otelders and subscribe ...  Show more