Rating: 10|Votes: 4

‘Prelest’ and Conversion

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

‘Prelest’ simply means a state of mind in which we imagine that we are something that we are not, in other words, we are deluded. There are two states that greatly contribute to the development of self-delusion.

Temptations and Impulsivity

Hieromonk Alexis (Trader)

Before temptations, a man prays to God as a stranger. When temptations are allowed to come by the love of God, and he does not give in to them, then he stands before God as a sincere friend.

Rating: 9,7|Votes: 3

From Defeat to Victory. The Protection of the Mother of God, Part 1

Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov, Priest Dimitry Shishkin

In the life of the Church there is much that is visible, yet mysterious, and completely inexplicable, because the ways of the Lord are unsearchable.

Rating: 10|Votes: 1

Saint Melor the Breton, Prince and Martyr

Commemorated October 1/14

Dmitry Lapa

Unfortunately, no authentic information on St. Melor (also Melorius, Mylor) survives. We know neither when nor where he lived. The only thing we can say for sure is that his life was connected with Brittany and/or Cornwall, and the most important center of his veneration for many years from the tenth century was the English town of Amesbury in the county of Wiltshire (southern England).

Back Home: A Jordanville Father visits Slovakia

Archimandrite Luke (Murianka), Abbot of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville (ROCOR), was recently invited to Slovakia, where the memory of St. Job of Pochaev is still honoured by Trans Carpathian Orthodox Christians. Here is there report.