St. John the Forerunner

Until a man’s earthly life finishes its course, up to the very departure of the soul from the body, the struggle between sin and righteo...

(Archimandrite Zacharias of Essex) It is unfortunate that there is widespread confusion, not to mention delusion, in the inexperie...

  Question yourself as to whether this faith is within you, or perhaps you are led by worldly wisdom. And if you leave all things in the h...

Propensity for Haughtiness    They are more readily inclined to give lessons, rather than to receive them. They condemn within th...

After the evening meal we sat on the mats, as monks do, and we waited for the discussion which had been promised us. Out of deferenc...