15/05/2015
Obedience
In speaking of Christ’s humility, Saint Paul said that Jesus was obedient to God His Father “unto death, even death on a cross.”…
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15/05/2015
Humility
In the Orthodox tradition, humility has often been called the “mother of all virtues,” and pride has been named “the cause of all…
15/05/2015
Honesty
The wise man who has knowledge lives according to the truth through a totally honest life. Honesty means first of all, to speak…
15/05/2015
Wisdom
The virtue of wisdom differs from knowledge in that wisdom is normally understood as the immediate insight into things, the practical understanding and…
15/05/2015
Knowledge
Faith and hope go together with knowledge. They are built on knowledge and lead to knowledge. For what is “not seen” is believed…
15/05/2015
Hope
The virtue of hope goes together with the power of faith. The patriarch Abraham “in hope believed against hope that he should be…
15/05/2015
Faith
The foundation of all Christian virtue and life is faith. Faith is the natural possession of all men who are wise and…
15/05/2015
The Virtues
In addition to the beatitudes of Jesus, there are many fruits of the Holy Spirit enumerated in the apostolic scriptures and referred to…
15/05/2015
Twentieth Century: 1950 – 1973
Church in Russia In the late fifties and early sixties, the soviet state again began to persecute the Orthodox Church in…
15/05/2015
Twentieth Century: 1925 – 1950
Church in Russia At the death of Patriarch Tikhon, the Church in Russia entered its darkest hour. Metropolitan Sergius Stragorodskii served as…