Saint Clement of Rome, the holy Hieromartyr and third successor of the holy Apostle Peter. His life shines as a living witness that the faith we hold is not an invention of later centuries, but the same apostolic proclamation handed down unchanged. Saint Clement lived in the first century, roughly AD 30-100, during a time when many still walked the earth who had seen Christ Himself or had been taught directly by His Apostles. Tradition tells us that he was a disciple of Saint

The science of sciences is to conquer the sin dwelling in us, or the passions acting in us. For instance, it is great wisdom not to be angry with anyone, nor at anything; not to think evil of anyone

A lawyer approaches Christ, asking, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” This question, is not abstract. Eternal life is not merely the afterlife; it is life in the Lord, beginning even now. This is the goal, as St Seraphim of Sarov says " The goal of every Christian is the acquisition of the Holy Spirit." Our mother, the Church, gives us the formula if you will, to accomplish this. The sacraments given to us, work as a medicine, healing the damaged soul and pu

St. John of Shanghai & San Francisco, a great saint of our age.

St. Irene Chrysovalantou flourished after the death of the greedy Emperor Theophilos the first. After Theophilos' death his spouse, the...