“…God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.” (James 4:6) Often, in the church and generally in life, we see the following: someone is putting all his efforts, one might say trying to jump out of his skin, in order to do good, to serve God and neighbour, but his efforts produce only …
Category Archives: Humility
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 …
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 …
Festive temptations
The holy fathers say that every single good work is not without temptation before it is done, during the undertaking, or after it is finished. The same rule may be applied during the time of the great feasts of the church. Always, something happens: an offence, an argument, an upset, a loss, a deprivation. It …
Christ is risen!!!
Dear Readers, I congratulate all of you with the bright feast of the Resurrection of Christ! With my whole heart I wish everyone joy and God’s peace in these saving days. Asking everyone’s holy prayers,Priest Viatcheslav
Appendicitis
There lived a boy. Each summer, much like other children of his age, he spent at his grandmother’s place. He spent entire days playing with friends, running through the streets, riding a bike, playing soccer, playing hide and seek, playing war; he came home only to eat, to grab some candy to take outside, and toward …
On humility
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. (James 4:6) Every othodox christian knows that humility is one the chief virtues. Without humility, no other virtue will be of benefit. Quite on the contrary, virtue without humility is harmful to an ascetic. Self-opinion and pride darken the reason and bring one to perdition. …