RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.JOHN THE BAPTIST

Be mindful of death

Being mindful of death is a virtue that ordinary people practice rarely, but it is something of which the Fathers speak a great deal in the Philokalia. It is one of man’s most productive...
What Distinguishes Compassion from Sentimentality. Archimandrite Raphael (Karelin)

Compassion is founded on love for someone: love renders the other party as it were, another "self," one with you. Sentimentality is grounded in self-love: it makes one sad not as the result of the...
Faith or Works of the Law? Galatians 2: 16-20. Priest Nikolai Kim

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the...
Concerning Halloween

... Because most of us are either newly Orthodox or newly aware of our Orthodoxy, we must carefully examine every aspect of our involvement in the world - its activities, festivals, associations, and...