…Grief, anger, irritation and complaining about an offender are sings of losing in temptation. Inner peace is victory…
Category Archives: Spiritual life
About enmity
…The Lord commanded us to love our enemies. Any offense or enmity hinders us from serving God and the Church. Our strife afflicts the Church…
About temptations
…Without temptations no one can be saved… Much can be said about someone based on his reaction to temptation. Some murmur quietly, some judge the offender, some make a loud fuss, and some altogether become enraged and seek vengeance; rarely, some quietly, with tears thank God for correction, offer Him a heart that is broken …
On giving of thanks
The holy apostle Paul teaches us to thank the Lord always and in all things. However, the feeling of gratitude, for the most part, is familiar to us only when all things are smooth, when everything is going our way. Alas, in times of temptations our first reaction is grumbling, vexation, irritation. All of this …
On self-will
Very often, one can even say, in the majority of cases, we come to church in the search for help, especially during the time of trouble, sorrow, or grief. The heart shows us the way, gives us a direction; the soul of every person yearns for God and inexorably attracts one to the church. Having …
About dreams
The holy fathers warn, or better yet to say, they altogether do not recommend, Orthodox Christians to give in to dreams. Most often, they say that in regards to temptations, which happen to inexperienced ascetics. However, it should be noted that dreaming, even about regular life events, is a source of temptations. If we do …
About murmuring
Nothing blinds our reason as much as murmuring does. Complaints about life, about people, about circumstances, about all things around, like poison slowly kill the human soul. Probably, we could compare murmuring to cancer, which grows within unnoticeably, yet mercilessly undermines a person’s health, depriving the individual of strength and – being left without treatment …
On daily bread
Every Orthodox Christian, at least once a day, says the Lord’s prayer: “Our Father…” Everyone knows the words “give us this day our daily bread” very well. Alas, not everyone ponders enough on the meaning of these words. In our prayers, both public and private, we often ask the Lord to have mercy on us …
Transfiguration of the Lord
Thou wast transfigured on the mountain, O Christ God, and Thy disciples beheld Thy glory as far as they could bear it; so that when they should see Thee crucified, they would know that Thy suffering was voluntary, and would proclaim to the world that Thou art truly the Radiance of the Father.Kondakion of the …
Few words about love
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.John 13:35 One can hear a multitude of answers to a question on what does it mean to be an orthodox christian. Certainly, to be one you have to be baptized in the Orthodox Church, you have to …