Year 2020

Fasting

CONCERNING FASTING

bySaint Ignatius Briantchaninov Reprinted from Orthodox Life -Vol.2 Number 2 – March/April 1951 The head or chief of the virtues is prayer; their foundation is fasting. Fasting is constant moderation in food with prudent discernment in its use. Proud man!…

SAINT ODA “THE GOOD”, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

by Dr. Vladimir Moss Our holy Father Oda was born in East Anglia, of Danish parents. His father had been a soldier in the pagan Great Army that killed the holy Martyr-King Edmund of East Anglia in 869 and was…

spiritual infirmity

Why Blaming the Truth is Becoming so Popular.

Even though honey is sweet, the sick one perceives it as bitter, but the crime is not the honey’s,  but rather the illness must be to blame St. John Chrysostom “ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΑΓΙΟΝ ΙΕΡΟΜΑΡΤΥΡΑ ΦΩΚΑΝ, ΚΑΙ ΚΑΤΑ ΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΩΝ” (N. 703) St.…

Saint Petronilla – May 31

Saint Petronilla (Aurelia Petronilla) is an early Christian saint. She was venerated as a virgin martyr. She died in Rome at the end of the 1st century. Petronilla is traditionally identified as the daughter of Saint Peter, though this may stem simply from the similarity of names.…