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The Benefits of Vigil

12:33 11.10.2026

The Benefits of Vigil

About Bishop St. Theophane the Recluse About "old" and "new" calendar September 28 (October 11) Philip. 1:20-27; Lk.6:12-19 “...And He continued all night in prayer to God' [Lk.6:12]. Here is the foundation and the beginning of the Christian tradition of vigils. The warmth of prayers wards off your weariness, and …

The Gift of Discernment

10:10 10.10.2026

The Gift of Discernment

The Lord said that it is a wrong time for fasting while the bridegroom is with the children of the bridechamber [Lk.5:34], By that He proclaimed the law that everything, even in the matters of virtue and struggle, has its appropriate time and place. This law is so inevitable, that …

The Effort of Recovery

9:59 09.10.2026

The Effort of Recovery

The man with leprosy fell before the Lord, beseeching Him, saying "Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean’’’. “I will, — said the Lord, — “be thou clean ”. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. [Lk.5:12-13]. Much the same way, any moral leprosy departs from us as …

Do Not Stay Silent

11:29 08.10.2026

Do Not Stay Silent

“I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.” [Lk.4:43]. This reminder, “for therefore am 1 sent”, ought to be a supreme unalterable law for our clergy. And the Apostle Paul gives them the same bequest through Timothy: “be instant in season, out …

Synergy with God

11:05 07.10.2026

Synergy with God

The fishermen were laboring through the entire night, and took nothing; but when the Lord entered their boat and, after His sermon to the people, told them to cast down the net, they got so much that they could hardly pull it out, and the net broke [Lk.5:1 - 6]. …

The Only Foundation

11:32 06.10.2026

The Only Foundation

“If ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins” [Jn. 8:24]. “There is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” [Acts 4:12]. We need forgiveness of our sins, and, because “if any man sin, we have an advocate with …

Passion of Envy

11:03 05.10.2026

Passion of Envy

People of Nazareth "wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth" [Lk. 4:22], but nevertheless they did not believe Him: their envy stood in the way, as the Lord Himself has revealed. Basically, any passion is contrary to righteousness and truth, but envy is more so than …

Joy in the Soul

10:48 04.10.2026

Joy in the Soul

Not only Jesus has come “to preach the favorable year of the Lord" [Lk. 4:19], but to actually bring it to the people. So, where is it? It is in the hearts of the faithful. The earth will never become Paradise, — not until the order of things in the …

Battling the Evil Spirits

10:00 03.10.2026

Battling the Evil Spirits

The devil is tempting even the God-Man [Lk. 4:1-13]: who among us can be free from that temptation? Only those who are completely obedient to devil’s will: rather than assailing such souls, he simply directs them, driving them from evil to a greater and greater evil. But whenever someone appears …

Unwilling to Believe

10:37 02.10.2026

Unwilling to Believe

The Lord is proving His Heavenly mission by the testimony of St. John the Baptist [Mk. 11:30] — the Pharisees are silent, having no opposing arguments, but still do not believe. On another occasion, when He proved the same with His own actions, they invented a trick — “by the …

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