Five years ago, I would estimate that most of my readers knew nothing about Orthodox Christianity, but now many know the basics, and some have become catechumens, and several have…
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The Confessions Of Saint Augustine
[God, you] arouse [man] to take joy in praising you, for you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you. No other book…
The Orthodoxy Of Early Christian Writings
One thing I like about Orthodoxy is that it hasn’t strayed from the teachings of the Church Fathers. To verify this, I dived into Early Christians Writings, a compendium of…
Saint Joseph The Hesychast
Saint Joseph was a Greek monk who achieved the heights of theosis on Mount Athos in the middle of the 20th century. His perfection of hesychasm (advanced interior prayer) caused…
Finding A Husband With God’s Help
The second edition of my book for women, Lady, has been released. It now contains a Prologue (shared below) intended for Christian women to aid them in their search for…
Why I Left The Armenian Church For ROCOR
And about the eleventh hour [the landowner] went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’ They said to…
12 Things I Learned From Visiting Holy Trinity Monastery In New York
Last fall I visited Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York (a ROCOR monastery) for the second time in two years. On the first visit, I did not have a…
The Orthodox Survival Course By Father Seraphim Rose
…there is a God and there is the devil; and world history goes on between these two adversaries. And man… man’s heart is the field on which it is played…
The Theory Of Evolution Is Incompatible With Christianity
Evolutionism is at root an ideological justification for atheism. —E. Michael Jones in Logos Rising The theory of evolution by natural selection to explain the creation of new species is…
How To Live A Holy Life
I didn’t expect much from How To Live A Holy Life, a compact 150-page book written by Metropolitan Postnikov in 1856, but it turned out to be one of my…
The Struggle For Virtue
The Struggle For Virtue by Archbishop Averky of ROCOR came to me in two ways. First, by an online suggestion that was strong enough for me to order it. Second,…
The Desert Fathers
The Desert Fathers is a collection of ancient Christian wisdom compiled by monks. It’s primarily used to help other monastics but it can aid the lay Christian as well. Below…
30 Christian Articles I Recommend
1. “No Christian should be a merchant.” [Link] 2. “The family peered attentively at the barred windows and suddenly saw a hand there, blessing them with a priestly blessing.” [Link]…
How Old Is The Earth?
A potential stumbling block for many Christians is the age of the Earth. Scientists have normalized an Earth age in the billions of years, allowing them to present all manner…
The Orthodox Faith
The Orthodox Faith, Worship, and Life by Hieromonk Gregorios caught my eye when I was browsing through the St. Herman’s Monastery bookstore in California. Since I was baptized as a…
