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Economic Hardship

17 February 2009

For those of us blessed and spiritually challenged with living in relative luxury as we do here in the United States, a time of economic hardship can very well be the very first time in our lives ...

A Convert to Orthodoxy Reconsiders Evangelicalism

11 February 2009

If it's self-discipline you seek, Orthodoxy is definitely the tradition for you. The Orthodox Church has devised many ways to deny yourself and take up your cross-for example, by abstaining from ...

On the Significance of the New Martyrs and Confessors

08 February 2009

In Russia in 1917, the scales tipped the other way, towards evil. Then large numbers turned against Christ and His Church. The greatest persecution in history began, with 600 bishops, 40,000 priests, ...

Miracle

05 February 2009

I want to tell you a story, Father. A true one that happened in my life. Duty-bound as I was, I had to take my service in Afghanistan. I served in one of special forces’ units. I was assigned a ...

Cynicism and the Goodness of God

02 February 2009

Like so many other aspects of our spiritual life, emptiness cannot replace fullness. To trust in God and to rejoice in His goodness is an act of fullness, an act that fills the heart with good ...

Canon 28 of the 4th Ecumenical Council – Relevant or Irrelevant Today?

24 January 2009

We learn from the Apostles and the Fathers that the church is one church, one and the same church, the body of Christ, found in Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Constantinople, Greece, Rome, Russia, ...

Strange Yet Familiar: My Journey to the Orthodox Church (Part III)

21 January 2009

Yet there seemed to be a yawning gap between Orthodox principles and Orthodox practice. If the Orthodox really believed themselves to be the one true Church, why did they place such obstacles in the ...

In the Temple of Broken Hearts

16 January 2009

We have no power to change another person, and we should not waste our time analysing why he behaves this way or that. Let him follow his own path. We should accept people as they are, otherwise our ...

Strange Yet Familiar: My Journey to the Orthodox Church (Part II)

15 January 2009

After remaining without the sacrament for some months, I was talking in September 1957 with Madeleine, the wife of Vladimir Lossky. She pointed out to me the peril of my situation, living as I was in ...

Strange Yet Familiar: My Journey to the Orthodox Church (Part I)

12 January 2009

In Britain in the 1950s it was a highly unusual step for a Western person to seek entry into the Orthodox Church, and most of my English friends did their best to dissuade me. "You will be a ...

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