The Church’s episcopal reaction to the 2020 SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) epidemic assumed two basic and related concepts of Church life: the nature of obedience to bishops’ mandates, and the acceptance of penances for spiritual health. The mandates to restrict
How is love born in the human soul? Love is the fruit of virtue. But love, in turn, begets virtue. And this is how it is done: The virtuous man does not prefer money to love for his
Fr Moses gives the definitive Orthodox Christian opinion on Halloween
The Church Fathers give practical advice on how we should think about the pain caused by others, and why it is necessary to confront our anger.
We all face struggles, but Christ offers peace of heart
We in this age must be particularly aware of the warning from the Church Fathers about the dangers of “right hand sins”.
We in this age of spiritual weakness will still have martyrs
Incite questions, or clear attack, as to the motive and character of your opponent, discredit him, and thereby circumvent addressing any viable and legitimate topics or issues he may raise or present. In modern times this is called
Repentance is often abandoned because of the discomfort it can bring, but the saints remind us of the reality of Christ’s peace for which we must strive.
