Logismoi

In large part because of my great devotion to St John Cassian and his writings, I have long taken a keen interest in the 4 th - to 5...

Five and a half years ago I wrote a post on the 'deadly sin' of acedia , traditionally identified with the 'noonday demon...

Today, 20 July on the Church’s calendar, we celebrate the memory of the Prophet Elijah the Tishbite (believed to have lived in the 9th ce...

My apologies for the lengthy hiatus. Now that we’ve got a new wi-fi router at home, I’m hoping I’ll be able to start posting once or twic...

Here’s the latest homily, which I gave yesterday, 15 November. The readings were Colossians 1:3-12, and St Matthew 9:18-26. Again, I’ll try ...

Per Joseph Patterson’s recommendation , I bought (for less than $6!) and am now reading Ivan Illich’s fascinating In the Vineyard of the Tex...

Many English-speaking Orthodox are familiar with the Russian term prelest , commonly used to mean ‘spiritual delusion’. Not as many are fami...