On Repentance - Two Letters by Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
Introduction God…the friend of sinners Your thirst for a friend Man as a social creature, fears loneliness and dreads isolation and stillness, longs to satisfy his heart, no
The fourth Easter message
Easter 7 Baramuda 48(1) / April 2, 332 AD (This letter was sent from the imperial court by a soldier(2))
The third Easter message
Easter on April 11, 331 AD. Let us celebrate despite our distress (1) and my presence with you, my beloved brothers. The day of the feast has approached us once again.
Blessed Augustine's commentary on the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 6:1-15
1 The importance of purity of heart We finished talking about “mercy” in the first book, and now we begin talking about “purity of heart” and purity of…
Sermon Twenty-Four: The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7:21-29
23. Words and Actions “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father.”
Sermon Twenty-Three: The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7:1-20
18. Criticize your brothers! 1. “Do not judge. That you may not be condemned.” [Matthew 7:1] What then? Don't we blame those who commit sin? because
Sermon Nineteen: The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 6:1-15
10. Almsgiving 1. “Beware that you do not do your alms before men, lest they wait for you” [Matthew 6:1]. Here the Lord God eradicates what
John Cassian, the righteous saint
He is the one whom the Lord God willed as a mediator to plant Eastern monasticism in the West. He was born in Scythia, at the mouth of the Danube River
Our father Sheikh Yacoub, head of the Monastery of David the Righteous
1- The Sheikh’s lineage and his childhood years. Asia Minor, which gave birth to many saints in our church, is the homeland of Father Jacob. He was born in
John, the new martyr from Thasos
Saint John the Martyr was born in a village on the island of Thassos (Greece) in the year 1638 AD. His family sent him to Constantinople to work for a tailor
Hilarion the new righteous saint
He lived in the eighth century, became a monk when he was young, and worked very hard in the paths of asceticism and continuous prayer. Purified from every passion by the grace of God.
Herman, the great saint, missionary to Alaska and America
The great Saint Herman was born in 1756 on December 13. They are monks in the Valaam Monastery in Russia, and we do not know