One of the most frequently used prayers of the Orthodox Church is: O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, who art everywhere and…
It’s easy to be a Christian and to love God when things are going well with us. On a warm, spring day we might spontaneously…
As a young woman in the city of Alexandria, Egypt, Saint Mary became a prostitute. She did not do this because of necessity but to…
On this day the church commemorates St. John of the Ladder. He is called this because he wrote a book on the human soul and…
All human beings have a desire for union with God. In some Asian religions, union with God means the dissolution of the human person into…
Although icons had been used in churches, in the early 8th century AD, the eastern Roman Emperor began a campaign against icons. The emperor ordered…