Holy Nativity Orthodox Church

Today the Virgin comes to the cave where she will give birth in an ineffable manner to the Word Who is before all the ages. Rejoice, t...

Recently I have encountered several people who are in distress because they don’t feel that they are doing some aspect of their spiritua...

In Luke’s Gospel, just before Jesus is betrayed, he has this conversation with His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane: And He sa...

St. Isaac the Syrian says that there are several ways the devil attacks a person.  The goal of these attacks is to make us pull back from...

After a quiet week at the monastery, I came home to a busy few days of catching up and then Bonnie and I were off to visit our daughter and ...

It is my last morning at the monastery. We have just finished Matins. Now is the time when I usually nap for about an hour before we begin ...

Matthew 6:1-3 “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Fat...

Luke 11:33-36 “No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in ma...

“Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones” (Matt. 18:10). St. Luke puts it a little differently: “It is impossible ...

Jesus warns us to take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees.  St. Mark adds, “and the Sadducees,” while St. Luke adds “and Herod.” In Sts....