The Inner Work of the Spiritual Life
Metropolitan Jonah’s paper and talk from the Orthodox MontaNIKA Conference 2024 at Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in Butte, MT.
Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen)
Hear God’s Warnings
Time is quickly running out, our opportunities to hear God’s warning s are diminishing.
Father Spyridon
The Dangerous Self-delusion Of Being A Good Person
In the Gospels of St. John and St. Luke there is an account of a woman that approached Jesus as he was eating at a Pharisee’s table. St. John identifies her as Mary, the woman who had been
Patristic Faith
Authority Over Evil Spirits Is Not Enough To Save Us
In the ninth chapter of the Gospel according to St. Mark, we have the story of Jesus’ encounter with the boy who is possessed. The Father seeks Christ in the hope of having his boy released from this
Father Spyridon
Acknowledging Our Own Rottenness
Some people abandon themselves to sin in order to cover up their lack of self esteem. In their need for intimacy and acceptance, they seek out worldly pleasures, thinking these will fill the void that has kept them
Abbot Tryphon
My Sins
When we take our eyes off our own failings, shortcomings, and sins, we notice the failings of others. As the sins of others get our attention, our focus turns away from our own struggles with the passions, and
Abbot Tryphon
Don’t Fear Poverty
On Wealth and Poverty is my second book by Saint John Chrysostom, a Church Father who is highly venerated in the Orthodox Church. It is difficult to find a set of his complete works so the best I
Roosh Valizadeh
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
Get Up Again
It is often the case that we fail to keep God’s commandments and find ourselves despondent, unable to make progress in the battle over our sins. The same sins seem to constantly plague us. Despondency is our enemy,
Abbot Tryphon
