The Symbolic Cosmos
from The Roots of Christian Mysticism by Olivier Clement The ancient Greeks, to symbolize a true meeting, used to use a split ring whose...
The Cave of the Heart
Having begun the Nativity Fast, I would like to ask you to consider this season, for a moment, in the light of the icon of the Nativity....
Giving Thanks for All Things
This week we will observe Thanksgiving. As I am sure you know, Thanksgiving is not a feast of the Church but, rather, a national or civil...
To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required
Imagine something with me for a moment. Let’s pretend that you are sitting on the couch or in your favorite chair, cup of coffee at your...
St Nikolai Velimirovich: The Vanity of Everything in Comparison with Christ
"I consider them so much rubbish, that I may gain Christ." (Philippians 3:8) The apostle who writes this had worldly knowledge; he had...
Remember Your Training
The line “remember your training“ has entered our culture through a series of mostly cheesy action movies. The phrase is intended as an...
Church the Way It Used To Be
I was getting gas the other day and at the pump next to me was a church van from a Protestant church in town. Painted beneath the name of...
The Perfect Church
The churches in this part of the world are so thick that if you throw a rock in any direction you are likely to hit one. And with all of...
Encountering Christ Always and Everywhere
At the end of several of Saint Paul’s epistles we find what scholars sometimes called the “household code”. These are the instructions...
The Radiant Protection Over the World
Oration on the Day of the Protection of the Mother of God Fr Sergius Bulgakov This [vision] happened near the end of the life of the...
