My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. COMMUNION IN PRAYER WITH THE SAINTS Our Holy Orthodox Church has always held the teaching of the invocation of the saints, being fully convinced that they intercede for us before God in heaven. This we see from the ancient Liturgies. In the Liturgy of the Holy Apostle James it is said: "Especially we perform the memorial of the Holy and Glorious Ever-Virgin , the Blessed Theotokos. Remember her, O Lord God, and by her pure and holy prayers spare and have mercy o ..read more

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lod, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE RIGHTEOUS IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURE "He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still" [Revelation 22:11]. "This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was A RIGHTEOUS MAN, WHO WAS PERFECT IN HIS GENERATION AND WELL-PLEASING TO GOD" [Genesis 6:9]. Noah was a righteous man because he found the grace of the Holy Spirit, through which BECAME RIGHTEOUS ..read more

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. SUFFERING IN THE LIGHT OF DIVINE REVELATION The question of suffering is one of the most sensitive questions. Many ask themselves: why has God created us to suffer in this world from different diseases, sorrows, calamities, troubles, and misfortunes; from passions on the inside, from bad people on the outside, from the envy of neighbors, from the menace of enemies? For those who do not believe in God, this world is a hopeless valley of sorrows; life for them is ..read more

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE ALMIGHTY AND MERCIFUL GOD AND CREATOR IS ABSOLUTELY IN CHARGE OF HIS CREATION. "Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered" [Matthew 10:29-30]. From the very beginning, our Creator God has revealed Himself to mankind. He never ceases to reach out to His creation with abundant blessings, desiring all to freely partake of the personal commu ..read more

My beloved brothers and sisters Christ Our Only True Lord, God and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. "CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER" [Hebrews 13:8] It is the constant profession of Orthodox Christianity and every Orthodox Christian that the One and ONLY True God does not change, His Divine Gospel does not change. The Holy Orthodox Church is the only authentic Church established by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and has fought against the various heresies that sought to undermine and change the truth. Countless Orthodox Christian have given thei ..read more

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. “HUMILITY IS A GRACE IN THE SOUL.” “Humility is a grace in the soul” writes Saint John Climacus…As soon as the cluster of holy humility begins to flower within us, we come, after hard work, to hate all earthly praise and glory. We rid ourselves of rage and fury; and the more this queen of virtues spreads WITHIN OUR SOULS THROUGH SPIRITUAL GROWTH, THE MORE WE BEGIN TO REGARD ALL OUR GOOD DEEDS AS OF NO CONSEQUENCE…”. “Humility,” Saint John says, “is a spiritual teachi ..read more

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE STEPS TO A MORE VIRTUOUS AND SAINTLY LIFE FOUND IN THE LADDER OF DIVINE ASCENT. By Saint John Climacus As the Orthodox Christian continues to be engaged in spiritual warfare he or she needs guidance and ascetical effort to fight against the passions and the attainment of the key virtues that define the life of a committed Christian. Our Holy Orthodox Church provides the necessary tools and examples to accomplish this most important task through the life and ..read more

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE STEPS LISTED IN THE LADDER OF DIVINE ASCENT By Saint John Climacus Step 1 ON RENUNCIATION OF LIFE "God is the life of all free beings. He is the salvation of all, of believers or unbelievers, of the just or the unjust, of the pious or the impious, of those freed from the passions or caught up in them, of monks or those living in the world, of hte educated or the illiterate, of the healthy or the sick, of the young or the very old. He is like the outpouring o ..read more

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. SAINT JOHN CLIMACUS, THE AUTHOR OF "THE LADDER OF DIVINE ASCENT." Saint John’s prayer also had the power TO HEAL VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE WOUNDS. It was thus that he delivered a onk from the demon of lust, which had pushed him to the point of despair. On another occasion, he made rain fall. Yet it was above all in the gift of spiritual teaching that God manifested His grace in him. Basing his teaching on his personal experience, he generously instructed all those w ..read more

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. ON THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF HOLY AND GREAT LENT: THE HOLY ORTHODOX CHURCH COMMEMORATES OUR RIGHTEOUS ST. JOHN CL.AMICUS AND AUTHOR OF "THE LADDER OF DIVINE ASCENT." Our holy and righteous Father John Climacus lived in the second half of the 6th century, survived into the seventh, passed forty years of solitude at a place called Tholas, that he became Egoumenos (Abbot) of the Great Monastery of Mount Sinai and that he compose there The Ladder of Divine Ascent. HIs co ..read more