…that there was one of the elders who was pure and holy; who, when he was celebrating the Eucharist, used to see angels standing to his right hand and to his left. He lad learned the eucharistic rite from heretics but, as he was unlearned in...

…It’s like a drought that hinders any kind of planting. It hurts everyone. It hinders those who want to begin the spiritual battle and stops those who have begun it. It hinders those who are unaware and keeps those who have been deluded from...

You, oh Christ, are the Kingdom of Heaven; You, the land promised to the gentle; You the grazing lands of paradise; You, the hall of the celestial banquet; You, the ineffable marriage chamber; You the table set for all, You the bread of life; You, the...

O Lord Jesus Christ my God, give me a good, sinless, and spotless day. O Lord, forsake me not. O Lord, do not stand afar off from me O Lord, stretch out to me a helping hand. O Lord, support me with the fear of you. O Lord, plant this fear and the...

…so are the sins of all flesh as compared with the mind of God. Just as a strongly flowing fountain is not blocked up by a handful of earth, so the compassion of the Creator is not overcome by the wickedness of His creatures. St. Isaac of Syria, 7th...