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Imitating Monastics

Fr. Seraphim shares some of the ways in which laypeople can imitate the life and prayer of monastics.




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A Gate for demons, or for God?

The world attaches no value to our bodies and it often feels as if the Church shares the same vision: the body is evil, worthless, a sort of dark gate through which demons, passions and sins enter our being. But is this the revealed truth and is this really what the Church confesses? We need to escape this confusion, we need to rediscover the worth of our bodies before we start preparing our fight against the passions which control them. If we do not know the value of our bodies, how are we expected to fight for them?




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Monastery Update: Tonsures and New Properties

What has happened in the last year and a half at the Orthodox Monastery of All Saints?




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Two Ways to Reject the World: Demonic and Christ-like




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We need a short break: Going for a spiritual reset to the Moldavian monasteries in Northern Romania

Fr. Seraphim gives a short update.




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Orthodox Fearmongering

Much of what passes for Orthodox teaching by certain extremist internet personalities is destructive, dangerous, and not Orthodox.




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Monday Oct 15 - St. Lucian




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Monday Oct 22 - St. Abercius




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Monday Oct 29 - St. Anastasia of Rome




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Monday Nov 5 - Holy Martyrs Galaction and Episteme




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Monday Nov 12 - John the Merciful




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Nov 12 - Our Father Among The Saints, John The Merciful, Patriarch Of Alexandria




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Our Father Among the Saints John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria




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Nov 13 - Our Father Among The Saints, John Chrysostom, Archbishop Of Constantinople




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Our Father Among the Saints John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople




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Our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople




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Monday Nov 19 - Philaret of Moscow




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Monday Nov 26 - St. Nikon




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Thursday Nov 29 - Paramon




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Holy Martyr Paramon and His 370 Companions




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Holy Martyr Paramon and His 370 Companions




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Monday Dec 3 - John the Silent




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Our Father among the Saints Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra




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Dec 07 - Father Among The Saints Ambrose, Bishop Of Milan




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Monday Dec 10 - The Holy Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus




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Friday Dec 14 - Holy Martyrs Philemon, Apollonius, Arian, and Those with Them




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Dec 14 - Holy Martyrs Philemon, Apollonius And Arian




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Monday Dec 17 - Holy Prophet Daniel and the Three Holy Youths Ananias, Azarias and Misael




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Monday Dec 24 - The Holy Virgin and Martyr Eugenia and Her Companions




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Monday Dec 31 - Our Holy Mother Melania the Younger of Rome




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Jan 01 - Our Father Among the Saints Basil the Great




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Jan 01 - Father Among The Saints, Basil The Great




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Our Father among the Saints Basil the Great




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Our Father among the Saints Basil the Great




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Jan 25 - Holy Father Among The Saints Gregory The Theologian, Archbishop Of Constantinople




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Jan 25 - Father Among The Saints Gregory The Theologian, Archbishop Of Constantinople




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Our Father Among the Saints Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople




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Our Father Among the Saints Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople




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St. Symeon the Myrrh-streamer, Founder of the Chilandar Monastery




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Mar 20 - Martyrs at Monastery of St. Sabbas




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Our Righteous Fathers Martyred at the Monastery of St. Sabbas the Sanctified




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Our Righteous Fathers Martyred at the Monastery of St. Sabbas the Sanctified




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St Zosimas, monk, of Palestine




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St. Zosimas, Monk, of Palestine




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St. Zosimas, Monk, of Palestine




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Our Fathers among the Saints Epiphanios and Germanos




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Our Fathers among the Saints Epiphanios and Germanos




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Jun 17 - Botolph, Abbot of the Monastery of Ikanhoe




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Jun 17 - Holy Father Botolph, Abbot Of The Monastery Of Ikanhoe




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Our Holy Father Botolph, Abbot of the Monastery of Ikanho