The example of Mary of Egypt should not confuse us by its remoteness in time from our own era, for man throughout his entire history has possessed mind, and will, and feelings, and passions, and has ...
For Orthodox Christians the lives of the saints function not only as lesson in holiness, morality or zeal, but most importantly as evidence
A Church that makes great saints out of former prostitutes, murderers, and adulterers is both realistic about the corruption of our lives and optimistic that there is hope for every one of us to set ...
The priesthood of the believer is strongly at work when we can not only imitate Christ and receive his grace, but when we can look at the lives of those among us who are leading righteous lives and ...
We are not the waves and the wind, we are the ocean's depths. We are not the clouds, white and fluffy or dark and threatening, we are the deep, blue sky. That is who we are. There is ...
If we were in that mood we would, when we come to the doors of the church, be, however little, like Mary of Egypt. We would stop and say, 'How can I come in?' And if we did that with our ...
We've all stumbled during Lent. St. Mary of Egypt shows us that it's not too late to get back up again
There was a time when this book – astonishing in the depths of its profound fathoming of the human soul, in all its subtlest twists and most secret movements, in all its secret corners hidden from ...
