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Punks to Monks: Effects of the Last True Rebellion (Video)

In this engaging video, Fr. John Valadez speaks of the soul-destroying pitfalls of the punk culture he once found himself wrapped up in, and how[…]

Stillness, Kinship, and Self-Mutilation: The Lost Art of Philoxenia

Mankind longs for affection and the affection of kin is beyond compare. Kinship is the most natural object of our longing. Even the great ascetics,[…]

A Paradoxical Wonder: The Double One

…A double man, made from two natures In an inexpressible wonder… O paradoxical wonder [You are] among… the creatures, Both immaterial and material: The material[…]

Strangers in a Foreign Land: Nationalism and the Orthodox Church

In calling the Church ‘catholic,’ Orthodox Christians confess belief in a Church for all ages, nations, and races. The Catholic Church is whole, complete, and lacking[…]

God Never Leaves

From the evergetinos: A brother was beset by the demon of lust. It so happened that the brother once passed by a village in Egypt[…]

Impulsivity, Addiction, and the Passions

It should come as no surprise to those familiar with individuals struggling with addiction that impulsivity is a core issue. In technical terms, there is[…]

‘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[…]

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[…]