Spiritual Counsels

Why is that my prayers for help in my daily struggle remain unanswered?

Often we forget the significance of the Divine Liturgy but the accounts below remind us...

The early Church lived without a New Testament, but not without the Divine Liturgy....

Several years ago I was approached by a young student. With great reluctance, but with the intensity of a demanding seeker, who said he was an atheist, yet would love to believe, but could not. For years he tried and searched, but to no avail...

The Nativity fast has begun and our Orthodox Church calls upon us to renew our spiritual struggle. So let us remind ourselves of the benefits of fasting...

Our greatest missionary work in life takes place in the Divine Liturgy...

We often equate freedom with the absence of any external coercion. However, there is a deeper meaning of freedom... I am refering to inner freedom which is much more important.

St. Sisoes is today well known for his depiction in an icon over the dead bones of Alexander the Great...

If you want to be humble then, learn to accept courageously whatever others say to you, and do not just speak fine words that have no content...

On the 27th of November 2013, Elder Porphyrios was formally proclaimed a saint of our Holy Orthodox Church. Below is a small excerpt from his life...

The signs of a true Christian make their appearance in time of temptation...

When someone applies himself to external activity before having polished his spiritual inner state, he may struggle spiritually, but he will be fraught with worry, anxiety, lack of confidence in God and frequent loss of serenity...

Often State policy and legislation undermine the Christian Faith. What should we as Christians do in such situations? Remain silent or speak up?

Until a man begins to hate the causes of sin, sincerely and from the heart, he cannot be free from the feeling of enjoyment produced by an act of sin...

On 13 January 2015 the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate unanimously agreed to incorporate the monk Paisios of Mt. Athos into the registry of the Saints of the Orthodox Church.

At some time, St. Anthony the Great thought to himself “I wonder with whose spiritual achievements my spiritual life can be compared with”. God, however, in order to humble this thought revealed to him in a dream that superior to him was a shoe-maker...

Unfortunately, nowadays "know thyself" is often reduced, perhaps for the sake of building self esteem, to "know what thou art good at, " or "know thy gift," ...

There are different types of grief or sorrow one may feel after falling into some transgression. Grief can be motivated by self-esteem or by a genuine remorse and willingness to repent...

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