Fr. Lawrence Farley
The question is a pressing one and it presents a challenge— viz. the question of how these young men, many of whom are married with families or at least have jobs that they cannot leave, can receive a theological education.
The crisis crystallized in mid-September when officials deemed the building unfit without a €10 million-plus ($11.5 million) reinforcement overhaul.
Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol
Those whose names aren’t written in the Book of Life, who aren’t God’s people, will be surprised and perplexed when they see this beast, which everyone thought was strong and robust, but it was a false picture.
Christina Andresen
We believe that now is the time to send missionaries from among our communities, specifically called to build up the Church where it already is present in the hearts and lives of Orthodox college students, and by doing so, extend the reach of the Church from the parish to the campus.
Remain with the Church. Whoever remains with the Church remains in the ark of salvation. The Church will never disappear and never be deceived. Many cite the words of the Gospel that even the elect will be deceived. The elect may be deceived, but the Church—never.
The Evangelist says: “And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.”
Met. Athanasios explains that salvation depends on our choices to remain faithful to God's commandments, emphasizing that we should focus on our own spiritual vigilance and readiness rather than speculating about when apocalyptic events will occur.
Мet. Athanasios explains how the seven angels with plagues represent spiritual consequences of humanity's departure from God, and how faithful Christians will ultimately triumph over the antichrist like the Israelites crossing the Red Sea.
Archpriest Vladimir Dolgikh
“Replacing live interaction with passive screen consumption directly slows language acquisition.”
Let us trust God. God will reap the harvest at the end of time, separate the good wheat from the chaff, give to everyone justly and make everything clear.
They sing a hymn; they’re together with the Lamb; they know the new song. The name of God is written on their foreheads; there’s no guile in them and they’re blameless.
Alexander Popov
May the raven die in the human heart, and the dove, the grace of the Holy Spirit, spread wings instead.
Ilia Krasovitsky
The Vigil is a very important service for the Christians. And, of course, questions arise: How should we pray properly at this service, what parts does it consist of, and what is its meaning?
Archimandrite Job (Gumerov)
Out of the multitude of miracles that the Lord wrought during His earthly life, the miraculous feeding of the 5000 people with barely loaves and two fish has a particular spiritual meaning.
Sergei Mudrov
Probably it was the benevolence of God that the Serbs, long-suffering from the hardships of wartime upheaval, were able to send their children to such school where no one would reproach them only because they were Orthodox Serbs.
Counterflow host Buck Johnson spoke with Hieromonk Silouan (Brown), head of the Orthodox Africa mission, about the trials and tribulations of his life, his work in Africa, and the many blessings of St. John (Maximovitch).
Archpriest Vladimir Vigilyansky, Olesya Nikolaeva
The period from 1901 to 1910 was not only a time of emerging unrest in the Russian Empire, but also one of careful preparation for a revolutionary apocalypse. Interestingly, V. I. Lenin held the same view; in his 1920 article, “Left-Wing” Communism: An Infantile Disorder, he referred to the events of 1905–1907 as a “general rehearsal,” without which “the victory of the October Revolution of 1917 would have been impossible.”
Priest Tarasiy Borozenets
After the First World War, for Ludwig, as for many participants and victims of the war, God as a living and personal Being died; that is, He ceased to exist and evoke any response in their souls and hearts.
Archpriest Pavel Gumerov
Many consider ascetic experiences and the battle with the passions to be purely monastic matters: “We’re weak people,” they say, “living in the world. We’ll make do as we are.” This, of course, is a profound delusion. Every Orthodox Christian without exception is called to the daily battle, the war with the passions and sinful habits.
Maria Tobolova
Gogol mistakenly considered art as a force capable not only of morally influencing life, but also of transforming the world.
