by Fr. Photius Avant –
Despair is never appropriate for the Christian. [Read more…]
Orthodox Christianity
The Gospel is the Purest Truth, the True Light that Comes from Christ
by Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol –
The Gospel doesn’t contain any obscure passages or anything that would cause you to doubt its truth. The Gospel is the purest truth, the true light that comes from the Sun of Truth, Christ. [Read more…]
Salvation is Possible Only in Christ and in His Church
by Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye and Melitopol –
Not all roads lead to heaven, and “not all that glitters is gold.” Truth and Christ are synonymous words. [Read more…]
Challenges of Orthodox Parents Raising Children in Increasingly Secularized and Hedonistic Times
by Fr. Alexis Miller –
Orthodox Christian parents cannot afford to be wimps. You have to be militant against our culture to be successful at raising kids these days.[Read more…]
Hidden Source of Heresy is Always the Pride of the Human Mind
by Fr. Boris Dolzhenko –
The danger of heretical teachings lies in the fact that the error is so cleverly veiled, argued, and mixed with true words that the inexperienced person will find it difficult to determine what is right and what is wrong. [Read more…]
Orthodox Church Boom – Why Young Americans Are Becoming Orthodox Christian
Over the past five years, more than 100,000 Americans have entered the Orthodox Church—one of the most ancient, demanding, and uncompromising forms of Christianity. [Read more…]
Our Lord’s Nativity is an Invitation to Enter Into Reality and Find Healing
by Fr. Philip LeMasters –
Our Lord’s Nativity is not a momentary escape from reality, but an invitation to enter into reality itself and find the healing of our humanity in Him. [Read more…]
Christ is the Head – Otherwise, Everything Falls Apart
by Met. Luke (Kovalenko) –
The preeminence of Christ should be in all our life’s initiatives: in words, deeds, conversations, in our relationship to everything happening around us. [Read more…]
10 Essential Conditions for Coming to Know God’s Truth and Finding Life
by Fr. Thomas Hopko –
1. The belief that the truth of things can be known, and the desire to know the truth and to do it, wherever it leads, is most essential. Indeed it is everything. [Read more…]
What is Heresy – An Orthodox Christian Teaching
St. Nectarios Educational Series –
Heresy and heretics have existed from the time of the Apostles and exist today whether as sects outside the Church or heretics in disguise within the Church (or so it appears). [Read more…]