There are many things we know about Saint Nicholas and his life. We know he was born to a well to do Christian family in about 270 AD. Saint Nicholas is known through the centuries as a model of Christian love and caring especially of children. But that is not the entire story.
Entries Tagged as ‘Flames of Wisdom’
November 3, 2009
All Creation is a Gigantic Burning Bush: The Essence/Energies Distinction in Orthodox Christianity
The Orthodox Church believes that on the one hand God is approachable and knowable and on the other hand we believe that in His essence God is unknowable. The Orthodox Church believes that we know God by what He does and we have believed this for a very long time.
November 2, 2009
Skiing and Prayer: Good Medicine
I compare my physician to two holy and wonder-working unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian.
October 18, 2009
Feast Day of Saint Luke and Non-Feast Day of Demas
Today on the Feast of St. Luke, the Church has set before us, for our consideration, two examples. One we continue to remember for these past 2,000 years and the other is barely a footnote.
October 14, 2009
Fr. Arseny: The Confession
Fr. Arseny: The Confession. An excerpt from the book, Father Arseny, an account of the Soviet Gulag.
October 13, 2009
Fr. Arseny: Where Two or Three Are Gathered in My Name
Fr. Arseny: Where Two or Three Are Gathered in My Name. What happens when a priest and prisoner sentence to freeze to death in a Russian concentration camp.
October 12, 2009
What is A Human Being Supposed To Be?
Prayer is the nature of the human person. Man is created as a Doxological (Praise) and Eucharistic (Thanksgiving) being. When is a human being manifesting what a human is really all about? Human beings are most the way they were created to be when in their right minds. When we are in our right minds we are in a state of prayer. When we are in our right minds we are centered and in a state of receptiveness to reality, to God.
October 9, 2009
Father Arseny: Stop This!
An Excerpt from the book, Father Arseny, an account of the Soviet Gulag.
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