THE SIMPLEST PATH TO GOD’S GRACE
Teachings from Church Fathers and Elders about humility.
Father Spyridon
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Not for Cowards
When clear matters of the faith are blatantly assaulted, every sober-minded Orthodox Christian is called to stand up and make a courageous answer. There exists a pseudo-humility. This false idea turns humility and meekness into spinelessness and cowardice,
Fr. Zechariah Lynch
Self-loathing
Humility does not require we think poorly of ourselves, nor be given over to self-loathing. Just as we must not be over-lauding ourselves, we must not sink to a state of self-loathing, for both states have their basis
Abbot Tryphon
The Optina Martyrs
At The Ringing Of The Bells details the lives and faith of three monks (Hieromonk Vasily, Monk Therapont, and Monk Trophim) who were all killed by a Satanist during a Paschal celebration at the Optina Monastery in Russia
Roosh Valizadeh
The Ladder Of Divine Ascent
The Ladder Of Divine Ascent by Saint John Climacus is a book intended for monks and the spiritually advanced, yet I read it as a neophyte around the time of my baptism into the Orthodox Church. Much of
Roosh Valizadeh
The Theology of Humility with Fr. Turbo Qualls
In this stream I am joined by Fr. Turbo Qualls to discuss the unique theology of Jesus Christ’s humility. Orthodox Christianity places a large emphasis on humility as a path to God and in this conversation we unpack
David Patrick Harry Father Turbo Qualls
The Demonic Attack On Our Spiritual Progress
There are so many ways in which we can fail to make spiritual progress. Fail to make any kind of progress in our spiritual lives. We can be lazy, we can fail to have attention on the things
Father Spyridon
How Do I Receive Christ Into My Heart?
Those of us who have not switched to the new calendar, are currently celebrating the Feast of the Nativity. One of the great themes we often hear is that we are to create a Bethlehem in our hearts.
Father Spyridon
An Orthodox Theory of Knowledge: Apophaticism, Asceticism, and Humility
This presentation discusses an Orthodox theory of knowledge, examining the spiritual use of apophaticism, asceticism, and humility to show that the only valid justification for the possibility of knowledge is for man to presuppose what has been revealed
Fr. Deacon Ananias
