SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“The Holy Bible and the Church Fathers encourage us to become persons, not individuals. Only then we can be in the likeness of the Holy...

“Forgiveness is not a feeling. You do not get instant gratification from it. It is, instead, a decision we make as an act of our will.”...

“…in the sacraments, we are not asking God to make something to be other than it is but to reveal it to be what it truly is…A problem...

“Christian witness is not just supplying material needs. It is supplying all human needs: material needs as well as consolation,...

“…the foremost issue facing us in this life is the state of our relationship with God. And yet this relationship with God is...

“The false narrative of secularism says that religious activity is the realm of human concern with God, and the only proper realm of such...

“Our Risen Lord has liberated us from slavery to the fear of death, which is at the root of all our anxiety and despair. So the next time...

“The term translated as “pride” in Orthodox Tradition is the Greek philautia—literally, “love of self.” It does not mean a proper concern...

“Doing God’s will is easier said than done, for many factors enter into our lives which weaken our resolve to do His will. One only has...

“Our free will gives us either a propensity to virtue, or an inclination to sin…humans are aligned either with mortal Adam or the...