The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

There's no need to waste. P.S. even old rags were recycled back in the day. Impoverished old & infirm “rag pickers” went door to door collecting unwanted rags, which were processed for the remaining use of the fibres. You could also use rags yourself for applications such as firestarters. (*Char ...

That's a beautiful Icon you chose !
That bodes well for your entire future !!

What did you find when you over-fasted, for example ? Please convey your experience so others can benefit without having to make the same corrections to their patterns and quantities of prayer and fasting and such ...

What is it you are flipfloping about, Cornelius ?


Many things I argue with myself about, but prayer and fasting I was struggling with. I constantly had the question of "how much?" and never could settle for an answer.
As of writing, I think I've hit a stable point in these, thankfully. The ...

From The Way into the Kingdom of Heaven by St. Innocent of Alaska:
In summary, it is impossible to enter the Kingdom of Heaven or even come close to it without the assistance of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we should implore the Holy Spirit with all earnestness to come dwell in us and help us, just ...

It's in a sense not the fault of doctors not being taught this. On the other hand, they have some responsibility for not taking the effort to find out while seeing what is clearly wrong in front of their faces.


Nasty stuff. I always get paranoid whenever I do anything bureaucratic or 'official ...

A little update: I've been learning more and more about reader's services and the Church service cycle in general (today I tried the reader's matins) and it's been going well! Formerly it felt like clinging to a buoy in the sea, but the typika provides stability and connectedness (for lack of a ...