Death to the World

‘FATHER, BLESS ME TO HANG MYSELF!’

Over ten years ago there was the following incident at our parish. I was an altar attendant at the time, serving with the rector of[…]

Holy Women of the Northern Thebaid (Part I)

“Let women keep silence in the churches.” 1 Cor. 14:34 Away from the tumult and noise of this world, in quiet monastic refuges, in deserted[…]

Spoken At the Grave

A homily spoken at the grave of Elder Hilarion of Sarov, 1841. And so, pilgrim on the earth, you have finished your journey; you have[…]

The Self-Liquidation of Christianity

The striking phrase, “God is dead,” is the poetical expression of modern unbelief. Much is expressed in this phrase that is not to be found[…]

The Life of the Holy Theotokos: Whom the Grave Could Not Contain.

The Theotokos (God-Bearer) was born of the elderly Joachim and Anna as an answer to their prayers. After being humiliated and run out of the[…]

Sermon on the Triumph of Orthodoxy

by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) “This is the Apostolic faith, this is the faith of the Fathers, this is the Orthodox faith – confirm this universal[…]

In Step With Saints Patrick and Gregory of Tours

A homily given by Fr Seraphim Rose on St Patrick’s feast day in 1977. Fr Seraphim, being an avid venerator of the Western Saints pre-schism,[…]

Each One Of Us Is Potentially a Judas

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, there came unto Him a woman having an alabaster box of very[…]

Spiritual Eyes: The Reality of the Unseen

[red_title title=”I SEE YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL” subtitle=”A shocking encounter with Elder Iakavos of Evia” style=”red-title-centered” ][/red_title] The following is a dialogue between Klitos Ioannidis and[…]

Subhumanity – The Philosophy of the Absurd

By Fr. Seraphim Rose The present age is, in a profound sense, an age of absurdity. Poets and dramatists, painters and sculptors proclaim and depict[…]

Beginnings

“Restless soul this place will never be your home, and if you wanna have it all, you’ve gotta let it all go.” Modern Life Is War,[…]