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When Earthly Things Do Not Last: A Lesson from St Gregory and St Maximus
We often become discouraged because the good things of this life do not remain stable. Health changes. Plans collapse. Human relationships can become fragile. Success does not always last. Even moments of happiness pass quickly. We try to hold on to what is good, but very often it slips through our hands. At first, this can seem unfair. Why does
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Between the Sea and Sanctuary: The Quiet Importance of Halki Seminary
By Giselle Soares, Ambassador Warren Clark Fellow for Churches for Middle East Peace | Originally published on Public Orthodoxy, 29 April 2026. Image Credit: iStock.com/Mehmet Hilmi Barcin In the waters of the Sea of Marmara, on the island of Heybeliada (historically known as Halki), stands a prominent theology school of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Holy Theological School of Halki
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Take Up Your Cross: Reflections on the Third Sunday of Great Lent
On the Third Sunday of Great Lent, a wooden cross is carried into the middle of the church and placed there for the entire week — not as decoration, but as a summons. Fr Thomas Hopko, Emeritus Dean of St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, reflects on what it truly means to venerate the cross: not merely to kiss it, incense it, or carry it in procession, but to pick it up. Drawing on Mark 8:34, the early Christian hymns of St Paul, and the missionary writings of St. Innocent of Alaska, this homily cuts to the heart of Lenten discipline — that to deny oneself and take up the cross is, in the end, simply to love. No matter what.
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The Greatest Struggle — Saint Porphyrios
Saint Porphyrios was once asked what the greatest spiritual struggle is. People expected something dramatic. Long fasts. Harsh asceticism. Heroic feats. He said something much simpler.
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Lessons in Patience – St. Theophanes the Recluse
Your sufferings are many. The blows fall upon you unsparingly from all sides. But do not despair. These are trials that have come upon you by the permission of the loving God, that you may be cleansed of your passions and weaknesses.
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Remembering Fr. Proclu Nicau (by Bp. Nectarius of Bogdania)
Grig Gheorghiu Jan 29 Father Proclu Nicau—baptized Gheorghe—was born on November 13, 1928, in the village of Mitocu Balan, Neamt County, Romania. He was received into the monastic community at Sihastria Monastery in Neamt County on November 1, 1948. In 1949, together with other monks from Sihastria, he was sent to Slatina Monastery to revive the monastic life there. Father
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The Secret Pedagogy of Trials — Saint Silouan the Athonite
In the beginning, man is drawn to God by the gift of grace, and once he has been drawn, a long period of trial begins. Man’s freedom and his trust in God are tested, and tested “hard.” At first, requests to God, small and large, even barely expressed supplications, are usually fulfilled quickly and miraculously by God.
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