“I grew up near St. John.”

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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“I grew up near St. John.”

We do feel his presence in this church. Many people come to ask for help—it is he who brings them here. And the archbishop helps them himself. It is he who should be thanked for this help.

St. Mark of the Pskov Caves

Commemorated March 29/April 11

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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St. Mark of the Pskov Caves

Commemorated March 29/April 11

People inhabited the Pskov caves long before the times of Venerable Mark, who was one of the first monks living in the valley of the Kamenets river. The site currently occupied by the Pskov Caves Monastery was formerly a thick forest.

The Ladder of Divine Ascent and Moral Improvement

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent and Moral Improvement

Fr. Stephen Freeman

The path of modernity carries no humility. It breeds pride, and frequently contempt. Failure is its nemesis. We blame ourselves for laziness and sloth, certain that a little more effort will make the difference.

Climbing Up by Moving Down: Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Climbing Up by Moving Down: Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent in the Orthodox Church

Fr. Philip LeMasters

“Lord, I believe, help my unbelief.” That is the only confession that will enable us to prepare for what is to come in the weeks ahead as we enter into the deep mystery of our salvation. As our Savior said, “The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and after He is killed, He will rise on the third day.”

Sunday of St. John of the Ladder

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

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Sunday of St. John of the Ladder

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

Lent is a time of renewal when like spring, everything become new again; when our life that had gone into a twilight becomes alive with all the intensity that God can communicate to us, humans, by making us partakers of His Holy Spirit, by making us partakers, through the Holy Sacraments and the direct gift of God, of the Divine nature.