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…
We are all very aware that we live in “this world”, the world of labor, illness, fear, depression, etc. We seem to be very far…
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…
In last week’s Gospel we were told that we would be judged by Christ at the end of time on the basis of how we…
St. Nicholas of Japan as born in 1836 in Smolensk Province, the son of a deacon. After graduating from the St. Petersburg Theological Academy in…