Examine Yourself Before Judging Another:

A Lesson from St Anthony the Great There is a spiritual danger that has troubled Christians in every generation: the temptation to occupy ourselves with the faults of others while neglecting the condition of our own souls. We may speak…

When a Brother Bears False Witness:

A Lesson from the Desert Fathers On slander, humility, repentance, and the power of prayer Among the spiritual lessons preserved for us in the lives and sayings of the Desert Fathers, few are more searching than those that teach us…

A Holy Journey

✧ A PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND ✧ Have you ever longed to walk where our Lord Jesus Christ walked, to see with your own eyes the holy places sanctified by His earthly life, His Passion, and His glorious Resurrection?…

When Falsehood Wounds the Soul: Slander

There are wounds that are visible to everyone, and there are wounds that a person carries quietly, known only to God and perhaps to a few souls who understand what has happened. Among the latter are the wounds inflicted by false accusation, malicious words, and the deliberate misrepresentation of another person's life and intentions.

Χαιρετισμοί εις τον Πανάγιο και Ζωοδόχο Τάφο του Κυρίου και Θεού και Σωτήρος ημών Ιησού Χριστού

Ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις. Ἐκ τοῦ Τυπογραφείου τοῦ Παναγίου Τάφου. ) Κοντάκιον. Ἦχος πλ. δ΄. Τῇ Ὑπερμάχῳ.Τῷ ζωοδόχῳ καὶ σεπτῷ Κυρίου μνήματι, νῦν παρεστῶτες εὐλαβείᾳ οἱ ἀνάξιοι, σὺν Ἀγγέλοις προσαγάγωμεν θείους ὕμνους, ἵν’ ὡς ἔχον ἁγιότητα ἀσύγκριτον, ἁγίασῃ καὶ ἡμᾶς τούτῳ προσπίπτοντας,…