Compassion for Orthodox Christians –whether you are Russian, Greek, Serbian, or something other -- begins with the very nature of God...

"From this it follows that all methods or exercises for kindling and preserving the spirit of zeal can be briefly stated thus: after...

To grow in spirituality, we cannot allow the mind and/or the lips to be external from us. Hesychasm means "to keep stillness." Control...

As Archpriest Georges Florovsky explains, Jesus modeled all of the actions and qualities that the earliest monks tried to emulate. In a...

In the middle of the fourth century, primarily male Egyptian peasants were leaving their village homes to settle in the desert where they...

We are called to union with God and the only way to do this is through silence, stillness, and unceasing prayer. Psalm 50 (51) is a...

When we think of intercessory prayer, we normally think of it as praying for someone in dire need, which usually means praying for...

We who have faith are stalked by the devil and in constant danger of being devoured by him. Let us make no mistake about this: evil is...

Fasting and perseverance are exceedingly important both to a life of deep prayer that can lead to a mystical encounter with God, and a...

Living the Christian faith comes down to these three ways of life: prayer, humility, and obedience. No matter who you are or where you...