A personal exploration of Orthodox Teaching on Spiritual Warfare. This is not a complete site, but a work in progress. Pages will be added as time goes on. Thoughtful and helpful feedback is always welcome. 10 Top Tips on How to Pump Up your Prayer Life. Are you running on empty? Dealing with my mother.

Let your soul, then, trust in Christ, let it call on Him and never fear; for it fights, not alone, but with the aid of a mighty King, Jesus Christ, Creator of all that is, both bodiless and embodied, visible and invisible. From The Philokalia, Vol.

Because excellence in preaching is the most basic skill of any competent clergyman. Antiochian Church Adds Preaching Resource. We salute the Missions and Evangelism department of the Antiochian Archdiocese for stepping forward to do something distinct, and progressive, to improve homiletics in Orthodox parishes! The Sacrifice to End All Sacrifices.

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Searching for Spirituality in an Age of Technology. Κάποιος μεγάλος πατέρας που είχε μάθει εμπειρικά την ωφέλεια που προκύπτει από την αυτοσυγκέντρωση και την περισυλλογή, καθώς και τη βλάβη που προκαλεί ο περισπασμός, έλεγε πως χωρίς έντονη εγρήγορση και προσοχή στον εαυτό μας είναι αδύνατο να προκόψουμε έστω και σε μια αρετή. Ο περισπασμός συντηρείται από τη συνεχή επίδραση των σωματικών αισθήσεων. Εκείνοι που είναι ευάλωτοι στους περ.

Orthodox Faith Studies with Skeptical Teens and Tweens. But I find both teens and tweens to be uniquely awesome. They are hot or cold toward the gospel, sometimes both at once, but never lukewarm. Issues that other adults seem to avoid, and my goal is always that they have an opportunity to see how beautiful. People chose to set aside the w.