Rating: 9,7|Votes: 3
In this feature film, Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer, Dr. Chumley and his collaborator, Father John McGuckin, have provided an unprecedented, insiders' view into the lives of contemporary Christian ascetics, athletes of spiritual struggle. They are a profoundly thoughtful -- if surprisingly cheerful -- collection of Orthodox monks and nuns.
Valery Dukhanin
Rating: 10|Votes: 4
The fast is not a diet or temporary vegetarianism. The fast is first of all a spiritual activity by which we attempt to bring our soul and flesh into submission. Fasting teaches us to control our nature, rule over desires that arise, and through this, to achieve the most difficult victory—victory over our own selves.
Fr. Lawrence Barriger
Rating: 5,5|Votes: 2
One of the most visible signs of the "anti-Christian" and "anti-faith" shift in society has been the widespread acceptance of the practice of men and women living together without the benefit of marriage.
Maxim Klimenko
Rating: 7|Votes: 3
On February 22, 2011, Hieroschemamonk Petroniu (Tănase) reposed in the Lord. He was the abbot of the Romanian Podromu Skete (dedicated to the Nativity of St. John the Baptist) on the Holy Mountain of Athos. The blessed elder was a great spiritual authority not only on Mt. Athos, but also throughout Greece and in his native Romania.
“In our Church the week before the Great Lent is called Cheese-Fare Week in translation from Greek. When Christianity came to Russia, Russian people did not know about cheese or butter. The name Maslenitsa was created to explain what can be eaten during these days because the word Maslenitsa is derived from the Russian word for butter. During the week before the Great Lent people may eat dairy products but are not allowed to eat meat.”