55 Maxims for Christian Living 1. Be always with Christ. 2. Pray as you can, not as you want. 3. Have a keepable rule of prayer that you do by discipline. 4. Say the Lord’s Prayer several times a day. 5. Have a short prayer that you constantly repeat when your mind is not occupied […]

We must not avoid communion because we deem ourselves to be sinful. We must approach it more often for the healing of the soul and the purification of the spirit, but with such humility and faith that considering ourselves unworthy, we would desire even more the medicine for our wounds. Otherwise it is impossible to […]

What most of us will discover when we view our child-rearing methods through an Orthodox Patristic perspective is that we are faced with the risk of allowing the child to develop a powerful self-will. A strong self-will, which develops very early in life in the absence of proper parental direction, renders spiritual growth much more […]

When we teach our children to be gentle, to be forgiving, to instill virtue in their souls, we reveal the image of God within them. This then is our task: to educate both ourselves and our children in godliness; otherwise what answer will we have before Christ’s judgment seat?… How can we be worthy of […]

“The mouth which is continuously giving thanks, receives blessing from God. In the heart that always shows gratitude, grace abides.” St. Isaac the Syrian

Couples should have a purified love for one another… To live harmoniously couples need from the very start to set their love as the foundation of their life, a true genuine love, one that is found in spiritual nobility, in sacrifice, not in fake, worldly and carnal love. If there is love there is sacrifice, […]

While we are still alive, there is much we can do to purify ourselves, with God’s Grace and the wise use of our free will. Therefore let us occupy ourselves with the one thing needful, to attend to the inner healing of our soul that it may lean towards the light and reject the darkness. […]

A Prayer Open, O doors and bolts of my heart that Christ the King of Glory may enter! Enter, O my Light and enlighten my darkness; enter, O my Life, and resurrect my deadness; enter, O my Physician and heal my wounds; enter, O Divine Fire, and burn up the thorns of my sins; ignite […]

“If you anger when you yourself are offended, your anger is unclean. It’s unseemly to become angry in one’s own defense. Resisting evildoers is another matter, however, when it’s in defense of serious spiritual matters, when our holy faith,Orthodoxy, is concerned. Then it’s your duty. To think of others, to counter the blasphemers in order […]

In these difficult days each must do what’s in their power. And leave what’s out of their power to the will of God. In this way our conscience will be clear. If Christians don’t begin to witness their faith, to resist evil, then the destroyers will become even more insolent. But today’s Christians are no […]