You gave your wealth to the poor, O Xenia, And accepted poverty out of love for Christ; Having lived a life rivaling the angels, You were accounted worthy of glory on high. October 20, 2026, St. Xenia of St. Petersburg is a beloved Fool for Christ. A holy woman who died to herself to[…]
Supported Mission Priest, Fr. Photios Parks reached out to Share the Faith Ministries – Orthodox Christian Mission to America to express his gratitude and joy for the support, and to convey that in the past two months, his mission, St. Anthony the Great in Hendersonville, NC has gained 21 Newly Illumined into the Holy[…]
October 15, 2026, my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, prayer is the mystical thread of the Church woven into the seamless robe of Christ. The tightest weave is found in the Divine Liturgy—the warp on which all other prayer has its form. The Liturgy, the work of the people (Gr. leitos ‘people’ + ergos “energy, work),[…]
October 5, 2026, the chains of emotional pain are some of the heaviest chains that we will have to break free from in our journey of sanctification. Emotional pain is not something to be dismissed as a minor issue in the grand spiritual scheme of things. The emotions are extremely powerful. They have the[…]
“My spiritual efforts don’t do anything, they merely bring me to the place where I know I can’t do anything, to the place where I am utterly naked before God!” -Fr. Silviu Bunta October 10, 2026, sometimes I run across a quote that strikes my heart so deeply that it takes my breath. The[…]
