St. John the Forerunner

   A prayer rule for one who is on the path of a God-pleasing life. Memorizing the Psalms. Replacing long prayers with short ones. The pray...

A saintly hermit told the brothers the following story: One day, as I was sitting in the desert, I began to feel worried and sad. A thought...

By Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol Many years ago when I was at Katounakia [a rugged area in the southeast of the Athonite peninsula] I ...

Everyone has a cross to carry. Why?  Since the leader of our faith endured the cross, we will also endure it. On one hand, the cross is swe...

Holiness is not simply righteousness, for which the righteous merit the enjoyment of blessedness in the Kingdom of God, but rather such a he...