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April 26 — Read About Them | Today's Scripture Readings
Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Amasea. St. Stephen, Bishop of Perm. Righteous Virgin Glaphyra. St. Ioannicius of Devich in Serbia. St. Justa. (Greek Calendar: St. Nestor the Silent. Saints Andrew and Anatole, disciples of St. Euthymius the Great.)
May 9 — Read About Them | Today's Scripture Readings
Translation of the Relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari. Prophet Isaiah. Martyr Christopher of Lycia, and with him Martyrs Callinica and Aquilina. Martyr Epimachus the New of Alexandria. Martyr Gordion at Rome. Translation of the Relics of Child-martyr Gabriel of Slutsk. Monk-martyr Nicholas who lived in Vuneni, of Larissa in Thessaly. St. Shio, monk, of Georgia. Repose of Schemahieromonk Joseph of Optina (1911).
Most Recent Additions
March 13/26, Third Sunday of Great Lent (Adoration of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross).
St. John of Damascus’s Critique of Islam, from his monumental book Fount of Knowledge (early 8th century).
How Should We Conduct Ourselves in the Morning?: Chapter 1 from How to Live a Holy Life, by Metropolitan Gregory of St. Petersburg (1784-1860).
How Should We Conduct Ourselves During Meals?: Chapter 6 from How to Live a Holy Life, by Metropolitan Gregory of St. Petersburg (1784-1860).
Quit You Like Men: A homily on St. Paul's admonitions "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong", by Fr. James Thornton.
And Believers Were the More Added: A homily on Christ's call to invite others to experience Holy Orthodoxy, by Fr. James Thornton.
Reply to a Critic: Fr. Seraphim Bell replies to a reader's criticism of the homily he translated by Elder Ephraim.
The Sign of the Cross and Orthodox Prayer are Capable of Killing Microbes and Change [sic] the Optical Properties of Water: A fascinating Interfax story of a study's recent conclusions.
I have decided to drop the RSS feed for new postings. It requires too much work to update each time. I also
decided no longer to use a database to store email addresses for site update notifications. From now on I will use a Yahoo! Group. Those of you who are currently on the OCIC e-mailing list should soon receive
an invitation to join this group.
February 25/March 10, St. Tarasios, Archbishop of Constantinople (806).
How Everyone Should Prepare Before Confession, by St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite. An excerpt from the Exomologetarion: A Manual of Confession.
Concerning Fasting on Wednesday and Friday, by St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite. An excerpt from the Exomologetarion: A Manual of Confession.
Concerning Thoughts, by St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite. An excerpt from the Exomologetarion: A Manual of Confession.
Preface to the Exomologetarion: A Manual of Confession, by His Grace, BASIL, Bishop of Wichita.
The Way of Spiritual Transformation, by Hieromonk Damascene. From The Orthodox Word (May-Aug 2005)
On Watchfulness, Prayer and Confession: A Homily by Elder Ephraim of Philotheou. Translated from the Greek by Fr. Seraphim Bell.
Introduction to the Philokalic Writings of St. Gregory of Sinai. Covers a range of topics including
prayer and fasting. From Elder Basil of Poiana Marului: Spiritual Father of St. Paisy Velichkovsky.
Who Art Thou That Judgest?: A homily by Fr. James Thornton.
Anchor of the Soul: A homily on hope in God's promises, by Fr. James Thornton.
Wes Callihan Apologizes for Writing "Presumptuous Propositions". Author of Credenda/Agenda article on the Orthodox view of Icons apologizes years later.
New Resources for Lutheran Inquirers: Reader Christopher Orr has gathered some helpful resources on his blog, which I have listed on the "Especially for Reformed Protestants" page.
If any Lutheran converts or inquirers have materials that they think I should add to this page, please contact me.
A 21st-Century Confessor: His Eminence Jovan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje: A Prisoner for the Faith. From The Orthodox Word (May-Aug 2005).
Orthodox Houston: This is an excellent example of a pan-Orthodox, regional Web site. May many more such sites be created!
November 23/December 6, Afterfeast of the Entry into the Temple. St. Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium.
Counsels from Contemporary Romanian Elders: To Laypeople, Monastics, and Clergy.
From The Orthodox Word (Jan-Feb, 1992).
Humble-Mindedness: The Doorway to Pure Prayer: An interview with Elder Dionysius (Ignat) of the St. George Kellion, Kolitsou Skete, Mount Athos, Greece.
From The Orthodox Word (Jan-Feb, 2005).
On Dispositions of the Heart. An excerpt from Wounded By Love: The Life and Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios.
On Illness. An excerpt from Wounded By Love: The Life and Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios.
On the Intercession and Invocation of the Saints.
A compilation for Protestants by Reader Christopher Orr.
On faith; and to those who say that those in the world cannot attain perfection virtues. To start with, a most profitable tale.
By St. Simeon the New Theologian. From Writings from the Philokalia: on Prayer of the Heart.
Orthodox Patristic Wisdom, a blog by Michele Sparrow. This is an excellent response
to comments publicly posted over the past few months that criticize and even slander Elder Ephraim of St. Anthony's Monastery in Florence, AZ,
as well as the Abbot, Elder Paisios. It is a sad sign of our times that such a site is needed. [Posted on 12/11: Seraphim Larsen has also weighed
in with a thoughtful blog defending Elder Ephraim and his monasteries.]
Arxodariki: Orthodox Spiritual Lectures. This site from Greece
contains many edifying services, homilies and lectures in English.
New site features: The search engine and "Related Articles" panel now use Google behind the scenes instead of Microsoft SQL Server Full Text Search. You may
experience slightly longer page load times, but the results are better and allow you to use your "Google expertise" in combination with Google's many search parameters.
The site also now exposes an RSS Feed for the "Recent Additions" section of the home page. You could even use the new Google Reader to keep track of
updates : ).
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