How to Celebrate Pentecost at Home, by Fr. Anthony Coniaris Since Pentecost is the birthday of the Church it can be celebrated in the home by baking a special birthday cake for the Church and serving it as dessert. One candle may be used to represent each 100 years of...
ST. SERAPHIM OF SAROV: ON THE ACQUISITION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Conversation with Motovilov An example of the grace of the Holy Spirit at work within the life and words of St. Seraphim of Sarov has been preserved for us. In November of 1831, a pious Christian named...
ST. SERAPHIM’S TRANSFIGURATION IN THE HOLY SPIRIT Conversation with Motovilov “But how,” I asked Father Seraphim, “can I know that I am in the grace of the Holy Spirit?” “It is very simple, your Godliness,” he replied....
Have you ever heard that only men are canonized in the Church? Well that is NOT true. There are more than 686 female saints, and feasts dedicated to the Mother of God or her wonder working icons, who are officially recognized on the Church calendar. The Antiochian...
St. John Chrysostom answers this question briefly when he writes: They say: ‘We can pray at home.’ You are deceiving yourself, O man! Of course, one can pray at home. But it is impossible to pray there as in church, where such a multitude of hearts are...
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