Love Your EnemiesHieromonk Gregorios. Oftentimes we look at sin through two completely different lenses. Prior to committing a sin, we view it through the lens of insensibility, and thus consider the sin to be entirely natural. However, after it has...

Repentance and ConfessionHieromonk Gregorios. Repentance is man’s return to God. It is a change-of-heart in the nous from the darkness of sin to the light of Christ. The beginning of this journey is the awareness of our errors, which is a great...

Wounded by love Elder Porphyrios, a Greek monk and priest who died in 1991, stands in the long tradition of charismatic spiritual guides in the Eastern Church, which continues from the apostolic age down to figures such as Saint Seraphim...

Do not JudgeHieromonk Gregorios. We often complain nowadays that to live according to God's commandments is a difficult struggle. We think that to be truly Christian, we have to fast, pray, give alms and perform other such virtuous acts. And as we...

My Prayer Book Prayer, according to St. John Chrysostomos, is a great and mighty weapon, a great possession, a binding of man with God, it is a medicine, a everlasting richness, in which the grace of God flows freely throygh the veins of the soul, an...

The Cuisine of the Holy Mount Athos The famous book of the Mount Athos monk Epiphanios 'The Cuisine of the Holy Mount Athos' translated in English. This book covers the interest of millions of Greeks for the monastic cooking who are not speek very well...

Welcome to the Orthodox Church—its history, theology, worship, spirituality, and daily life.This friendly guide provides a comprehensive introduction to Orthodoxy, but with a twist: readers learn by making a series of visits to a fictitious church,...

Putting Joy into Practice: Seven Ways to Lift Your Spirit from the Early Church is an invitation to a life of joy. Phoebe Farag Mikhail explains what joy is and how to experience it through seven spiritual practices that cultivate our inner lives...

A quick bedtime story is not enough to help this little boy fall asleep, for he has a BIG question that needs to be immediately addressed! The presence of beasts and bugs creeping and crawling outside has filled him with fear! The little boy begins to...

"Remembering and Reclaiming Diakonia: The Diaconate Yesterday and Today" is a text both scholarly and spiritually enriching. It is described by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware of Diokleia, Oxford University as, "exactly is the book that we have long needed...

Examines themes of spiritual direction and pastoral care, including ministry and brokenness, the role of the spiritual director, including the topic of obedience, the misuse of spiritual authority, and child abuse. In the essays, the author courageously...

Patriarch Athenagoras (Spyrou) was the 268th Archbishop of Constantinople, leading the Orthodox Church from 1948 to 1972. A man of peace, reconciliation, and love, Patriarch Athenagoras left an indelible mark on God’s Church wherever he served, as...