HOLY SILENCE

Intercede for me and pray for my spiritual sons and daughters so that we may have a stable foundation of deep prayer and a ministry of healing the afflicted. "In you, o venerable Father Paul, the image of God shone forth, for you carried your Cross and followed Christ. By so doing you taught us to disregard the flesh for it passes away, and to care instead for the soul since it is immortal, wherefore your soul forever rejoices with the angels" (Troparion — Tone 8). An icon of

There is never enough sky for the contemplative And no mountain tall enough for the hesychast. There is never enough sand in the desert...

The path to God, vocation, prayer, and the righteous life is not always a straight one. More often than not, it isn't. That is why we...