Fasting, Prayer, and Confession in the War Against the Passions The Orthodox Church has never promised comfort. She promises salvationāand salvation is acquired by violence against the old man, by struggle against the passions, by war against the flesh. It is not won through vague spirituality or passive attendance in the temple. It is won […]
Taming the Passions and Rejecting Pornography
The spiritual life is warfare. It is not a sentimental experience or a hobby of the pious. It is the daily crucifixion of the flesh, the relentless struggle against the passions that seek to drag the soul into damnation. Among the most destructive of these passions in our age is lustāfed, glorified, and weaponised through […]