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Compunction
Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted (Matt 5:4) Compunction (or in Greek panthos, means sadness or mourning) repeatedly appears in the monastic literature. Many monastic fathers even...
Compunction
Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted (Matt 5:4) Compunction (or in Greek panthos, means sadness or mourning) repeatedly appears in the monastic literature. Many monastic fathers even...
The Remembrance of Death
Every good and beloved soul… when it has been released by death from the body with which it was united… immediately experiences the joy and pleasure which it shall enjoy...
The Remembrance of Death
Every good and beloved soul… when it has been released by death from the body with which it was united… immediately experiences the joy and pleasure which it shall enjoy...
Create a Pure Heart in me O God
Among the many themes that St John Cassian discusses with the desert fathers in his conference, is the theme of the attaining a pure heart. In his first conference titled...
Create a Pure Heart in me O God
Among the many themes that St John Cassian discusses with the desert fathers in his conference, is the theme of the attaining a pure heart. In his first conference titled...
Holy Fools
“If virtue is revealed it is snatched by the demon of vain glory” -St Abd el Masih el Manahry In the Orthodox Church we have a number of Category of...
Holy Fools
“If virtue is revealed it is snatched by the demon of vain glory” -St Abd el Masih el Manahry In the Orthodox Church we have a number of Category of...
The Commemoration of the Miracle of Melting the...
After the coming down of the Holy Spirit on the disciples, they spread to preach the kingdom of God. St Matthias the apostle went to a city called Bartus near...
The Commemoration of the Miracle of Melting the...
After the coming down of the Holy Spirit on the disciples, they spread to preach the kingdom of God. St Matthias the apostle went to a city called Bartus near...