Transforming Habits of Spiritual People – Pt 1/3
I am not yet the spiritual person God wants me to be. Indeed, I know that the meaning of salvation is to be and become spiritual, filled with the Holy…
Homily for the Wedding of Cana
On this happy day, our Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of the Wedding of Cana. It was the occasion of the first miracle that our Lord Jesus Christ performed. We…
Understanding “On the Incarnation” – Chapter 4
On the Incarnation – Chapter 4 Text 1. You are wondering, perhaps, for what possible reason, having proposed to speak about the Incarnation of the Word, we are presently considering…
Hating sin is not enough
Where do we find the grace for repentance? It is not in hating sin, as if we could find within ourselves the strength to resist temptation. So much of our…
Understanding “On the Incarnation” – Chapter 3
On the Incarnation – Chapter 3 Text 1. This is the way they vainly speculate. But the godly teaching and the faith which is according to Christ shows that their…
Understanding “On the Incarnation” – Chapter 2
St Athanasius – On the Incarnation – Chapter 2 Text 1. Many people have taken different views about the making of the universe and the creation of all things, and…
Understanding “On the Incarnation” – Chapter 1
Over the next two months I intend to post a chapter each day, as far as is possible, from the important work by St Athanasius the Apostolic, the 20th Pope…
Translation – The History of the Egyptian Solitaries
Summary This is a translation from French of a Greek manuscript containing the History of the Egyptian Solitaries. This post contains the French translator’s introduction, and the first of the…
Translation – Homily 67 of St Severus of Antioch
Text Concerning Mary, Holy Mother of God and Ever Virgin. When I want to focus my attention on the Virgin Mother of God and touch simply on the thoughts that…
Translation – A Presanctified Liturgy of St Severus of Antioch
Summary This translation into English is of the introductory article and the text of the Presanctified Anaphora of St Severus of Antioch. It was publsihed in French in 1919, and…