Saint Herman was the first Orthodox saint to be canonized in America and is considered the patron saint of North America by Orthodox Christians. St. Herman…

In religion, as in other fields of life, there are theory and practice. The theory is doctrine, our beliefs about God, beginning with the two fundamental…

There is sometimes an idea that Christianity is a European and North American religion. At one time these areas considered themselves to be “Christendom”. This now no…

On this day the church celebrates the entrance of the Theotokos (the Mother of God) into the temple in Jerusalem. Like the stories about the birth…

Before considering St. Gregory and St. Paisius we should look at the Jesus Prayer, a form of prayer which influenced them and which they influenced. In…

Some think that Christians pray to an “old man in the sky,” that for Christians God is rather a distant figure. Of course God is in…