Author Archives: Fr. Charles

A strong relationship with Christ cannot be hidden. It manifests itself in how we treat those around us. The Lord said, “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35). … Continue reading →

The Sunday of Apostle Thomas, known in Russian as Antipascha (“opposite Pascha” or “after Pascha”), is the first Sunday following the Feast of the Resurrection. It commemorates the Apostle Thomas’s encounter with the risen Christ eight days after the Resurrection, … Continue reading →

In this homily I want to offer a bold and uncompromising reflection on a particular statement made by St. Arseny Uralsky, a hierarch of the Old Believers’ tradition, whose teaching stands in stark contrast to the diluted religiosity of the … Continue reading →

In an age of noise, distraction, and spiritual confusion, many have forgotten the reality of God’s presence. They chase after visions, feelings, and signs, thinking that God must be summoned or provoked to appear. But the living God is not … Continue reading →

Christ is Risen! Indeed, He is Risen! Today, my beloved in Christ, we stand not at the grave of a dead teacher, not before the tomb of a fallen prophet, and not at the end of some moral philosophy. We … Continue reading →

The words of our Saviour in Matthew 7:13-14 stand as a sharp rebuke to the easy-going spirit of this present age, and to every soft-hearted delusion which imagines that the Kingdom of Heaven is obtained without effort or cost: “Enter … Continue reading →

Today we stand on the threshold of Holy Week. The Church sets before our eyes the Lord’s approach to His Passion—not in isolation, but in the context of both a great miracle and a great betrayal. The Gospel passage for … Continue reading →

The Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Holy Trinity, is not an abstract principle or a vague influence. He is God, co-eternal and consubstantial with the Father and the Son—“the Lord, the Giver of Life,” as we confess in … Continue reading →

Once you come to understand the authority that Christ gave to His apostles, and what they passed down to those in their time, you will eventually realise how lost many within the Protestant denominations are. This authority was not abstract … Continue reading →