What Does Prayer Look Like?
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

What Does Prayer Look Like?

Fr. James Guirguis

When I read this verse, I have to step back and ask if I have ever prayed like this for a single moment in my whole life.

In Suffering We Learn to See God
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

In Suffering We Learn to See God

Sermon on the Synaxis of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church

Hieromonk Kirill (Popov)

While in comfort we often distort the image of God, but the genuine picture begins to change when we feel absolutely helpless and alone.

New Martyr John Popov: A Genius of Theology
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

New Martyr John Popov: A Genius of Theology

Natalia Vashchina

He was so inconvenient for the government, his personality was so significant, and his authority in Orthodox circles was so high that he had to be dealt with once and for all, without any possibility of continuing his activities or spreading his influence.

The “Assuage My Sorrow” Icon
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The “Assuage My Sorrow” Icon

January 25/February 7

Tradition relates that the first time this icon was glorified was in the second half of the eighteenth century.

The Patience and Faith of the Saints
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Theology

The Patience and Faith of the Saints

Revelation: Removing the Veil, Part 13B

Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol

Revelation was written to tell us that Christ will prevail.