Lest We Forget to be Thankful

As I go along my journey
I'm reaping better than I've sowed
I'm drinking from the saucer
'Cause my cup has overflowed

OF BODILY AND SPIRITUAL LABOURS

Our soul is in union with the body by creation; it is in dependence on it on account of the fall. It is infected with sinful diseases, passions, on account of bodily actions; passions are destroyed in it, good habits, virtues are implanted in it by means of bodily actions.

Depiction of a WWI Russian Hospital

How Chanting Should Lead Us Into the Next Life.

So another week went by. I was again on night duty. This time on his evening round, as he left the ward, the doctor said to me in an undertone that Ivan would not pull through till morning. As usual in such cases, the wounded men guessed it and a strained silence fell upon the ward.

Saint Ia of Cornwall – October 27

Saint Ia of Cornwall (also known as Eia, Hia or Hya) was a missionary and martyr of the 5th or 6th centuries in Cornwall. She is said to have been an Irish princess, the sister of Erc of Slane and a student of Saint Baricus. Ia went to the seashore to depart for…

St. Cedd Bishop of East Saxons – October 26

St. Cedd (Latin: Cedda, Ceddus; c. 620 – 26 October 664) was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important differences within the Church in England. St.…

St. Eata Bishop of Hexham, Celebrated on October 26th.

St. Eata (+26 October 686), also known as Eata of Lindisfarne, was Bishop of Hexham from 678 until 681, and of then Bishop of Lindisfarne from before 681 until 685. He then was translated back to Hexham where he served until his death in 685 or…

And the Craze of New Saints Continues

Only days after his repose, icons of Metropolitan Amphilochius of Montenegro and the Littoral of the Serbian Orthodox Church with a halo started appearing. What can we say?! Is it simple craziness, a lack of true spirituality, or part of the general…