The Dormition of the Theotokos

He remembered His mother (August 15/28)
The Lord Who, on Mt. Sinai, commanded by His Fifth Commandment: “Honor your father and your mother” (Exodus 20:12), showed by His own example how one should respect one’s parent. Hanging on the Cross in agony, He remembered His mother and indicating to the Apostle John, said to her: “Woman [...]

“The Island”

Friday Night Film Series – September 3
There aren’t many situations in which it’s good to be called a fool —  except in one little-known category of the Orthodox spiritual tradition: The fool for Christ. This is exactly the sort of strange yet thoroughly Orthodox figure that inspired the producers of the 2006 film “The Island” [...]

The Widow’s Mite

On Tithing
By Fr. Sergei Sveshnikov
The Church is the Body of Christ, and just as Christ united in Himself human and heavenly nature, in the Church the heavenly is united with the earthly. The Church is not only comprised of apostles, saints, and holy monks, but also of us—exactly in as much as we submit [...]