Rating: 7,7|Votes: 7

An Orthodox Response to John Calvin on Icons: Icons and Idolatry

Gabe Martini

Are all religious depictions idolatry? This is a question that plagued the Roman Empire near the end of the eighth century, and again in the ninth.

Rating: 10|Votes: 1

My Acquaintance with Elder Sophrony

Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware)

Metropolitan Kallistos says that Elder Sophrony wanted his monastery to stay loyal to the tradition of Orthodoxy, but at the same time be open to the spirit of the world. He explains how monks in Essex Monastery practiced hospitality, and why Elder Sophrony wanted his monks be well-educated, so they could give proper guidance to those who asked for it.

Rating: 8,5|Votes: 6

The man who was a fool

Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is the story of a man who by all modern standards would be considered eminently successful. Yet Jesus called him a fool.

Rating: 9,5|Votes: 4

“For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same?”

Hieromonk Alexis (Trader)

Loving those who love us may makes us feel good about them and about ourselves, but we should not deceive ourselves into thinking that therefore we are good Christians or virtuous people.

Rating: 10|Votes: 3

Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke by Blessed Theophylact, Archbishop of Ochrid and Bulgaria

Blessed Theophylact of Ochrid

We do not gain any rest, and it is clear from all the cares that come from our further efforts that we are piling up for ourselves only a great multitude of sins. Yet the foolish man says, I will pull down my barns, and build greater.