By St. Cyprian of Carthage The Plague of Cyprian was a pandemic that afflicted the Roman Empire from about AD 249 to 262. The plague is thought to have caused widespread manpower shortages for food … [Read more...]
Marriage Perfection to Rival the Holiest of Monks
by St. John Chrysostom Say to her [your wife], ‘Our time here is brief and fleeting, but if we are pleasing to God, we can exchange this life for the Kingdom to come. Then we will be perfectly one … [Read more...]
Salvation of Christians Outside the Orthodox Church
by Fr. Seraphim Rose Orthodoxy is the Church founded by Christ for the salvation of mankind, and therefore we should guard with our life the purity of its teaching and our own faithfulness to it. … [Read more...]
On Purgatory
by St. Mark of Ephesus First Homily of St. Mark of Ephesus on Purgatory At the false council of Ferrara-Florence, Saint Mark, Bishop of Ephesus, was commissioned to wrote a response to the Latin … [Read more...]
On the Feast of the Myrrhbearing Women
by St. Theophan the Recluse O tireless women! They didn’t let their eyes sleep and their eyelids close until they found the Beloved One! It seemed that the apostles balked at it. They went to the … [Read more...]
What Shall We Offer to the Virgin?
by St. Photios the Great Such things the archangel was saying, drawing the spotless maiden to assent. But to this what was the reply of the honored virgin, the heavenly chamber, the holy mountain, … [Read more...]
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