Rating: 7|Votes: 3

Getting to the Point

Fr. Stephen Freeman

The English vocabulary exceeds 200,000 words. Thus, it is interesting when English doesn’t quite have a word for something. This is the case with the language of worship.

Rating: 10|Votes: 2

“There is no political freedom without spiritual freedom.” A Talk With Danish Journalist Iben Thranholm

Iben Thranholm

We no longer have a moral compass. Before, Christianity provided this role, keeping us united over centuries. Now we can no longer distinguish between good and evil, and ultimately this is what this struggle comes down to.

Rating: 9,7|Votes: 3

Monasticism and Life in the World: A Single Path

Alexei Sidirov

We are used to drawing a clear dividing line between monasticism and family life, but there is no fundamental difference between them, because they are one and the same path—the path to God.

Rating: 6,9|Votes: 7

The Aerial Tollhouses. The First: Idle Talk

The Way of All Flesh. Conversation 3

Archpriest Oleg Stenyayev

Archpriest Oleg Stenyaev talks about the first of the tollhouses that the soul goes through after death; about how the words and speech of the Orthodox Christian should be, and; what sins bound up with words should we avoid.

Rating: 10|Votes: 1

Holiness is not a Synonym for Weakness: a Word from the Patriarch in the Third Week of Lent

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

Holiness is the realization of God’s law in our lives. It’s not a failure to overcome unrighteousness, human evil, and aggression; it is not a synonym for weakness. It is an expression of great inner spiritual strength, which helps to achieve success in earthly life, because before a saint not only do people’s hearts open, but also many doors—that to evil people are closed.