The holy mystery of the day of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost, is to be understood in the following manner: the spirit of man must be completed and perfected by the Holy Spirit, that is, it must be sanctified, illuminated, and divinized by the Holy Spirit. This holy mystery is realized continually in the Church of Christ and because of this the Church is really a continuous Pentecost.... From Holy Pentecost, the day of the Holy Spirit, every God-like soul in the Church of Christ is an incombustible bush which continuously burns and is inflamed with God and has a fiery tongue within it. 
St. Justin Popovich, Orthodox Faith and Life in Christ

Articles & Reflections

• Sermon on Pentecost
• Forgiveness From The Heart
• On The Nativity Fast
• Commanded to Come Home
• Frequent Communion: Tradition or Innovation?
• Making Choices
• The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost - What Have We to Do with Thee?
• The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - Thy Sins Be Forgiven Thee
• The Third Sunday after Pentecost - Do Not Worry!
• On Tomatoes and the Spiritual Life
• "Lord, Teach Us to Pray!"
• Bringing The Unchurched To The Well of Living Water
• The Most Deadly Sin
• Why Saints?
• Renewal: The Wondrous Beauty of Confession and Communion
• The Nativity of Our Lord: A Eureka Moment.
• Finding Peace at Holy Protection Monastery
• Cast Out A Prayer
• Bringing The Unchurched To The Well of Living Water
• On The Transfiguration of Our Lord By St. Anastasios of Sinai
• St Nectarios of Aegina
• A Reflection On the Commencement of the Church School Year
• A Reflection On The Dormition of the Mother of God
• A Reflection On The Dormition of the Mother of God - By Archbishop Demetrios
• Homily on The Nativity of the Theotokos By St. Andrew of Crete
• Homily On the 8th Sunday After Pentecost
• The 17th Sunday After Pentecost the Woman of Canaan - A Commentary By Blessed Theophylact of Bulgaria
• The 20th Sunday After Pentecost the Widow of Nain - A Commentary By Blessed Theophylact of Bulgaria
• The 22nd Sunday After Pentecost - The Parable of Lazarus and The Rich Man - A Commentary By Blessed Theophylact of Bulgaria
• The 24th Sunday After Pentecost - Jairus' Daughter - A Commentary By Blessed Theophylact
• Growing as a Christian in the Heart of Wall Street
• The First American Saint
• Seeing Christ in the Face of the Homeless
• A Journey of Faith To St. John the Compassionate Mission
• A Reflection on The Feast of Pentecost
• How To Give Alms to the Homeless
• Where the Bishop Is There Is The Church
• The Bishop Is Coming! The Bishop is Coming!
• The Consecration (Ordination) Of An Orthodox Bishop
• A Message Signed in Blood
• The Apostle of Carpatho-Russia: St Alexis Kabaluk
• The Bishop in The Church
• On The Lenten Triodion - By Fr. George Dimopoulos
• St. Sebastian (Dabovich) of San Francisco
• Elder Amphilochios of Patmos is Canonized
• The Elevation of the Precious, Life-Giving Cross
• The Sunday After The Elevation of the Precious, Life-Giving Cross
• The Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God
• Love Your Enemies… (Luke 6:31-36).
• St Innocent: The Apostle of America
• From Green Aprons To Black Robes
• A New Year's Resolution: Be A Saint!
• The Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Humble Comments and Suggestions
• Happy New Year!
• Setting Up Our Children For Moral Failure
• How Simple Peasants Became God Seers
• St. Silouan of Mt. Athos: “I have many sorrows of my own, and they are my own fault…”
• On The Spiritual Life: Conversations With Orthodox Nuns
• How To Avoid Holiday Depression
• St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra
• The Nativity Fast And Orthodox Tradition
• The Nativity Fast: A Time of Preparation
• True Joy in the Mystery of the Nativity
• The Meaning of Holy Week
• The Meaning of Holy Week
• The Street Store
• Dating Advice, Orthodox Style
• Vacationing Away From God
• Monk Moses: The Mother of God's Fifteen Days of August Has Arrived
• The Orthodox Veneration of the Mother of God By St. John of San Franciscoo
• St Theodore of Tobolsk: A Physically Handicapped Martyrr
• The Gate Facing East: The Nativity of The Mother of God
• On The Holy Cross - By St. John Chrysostom
• Saved By Bunnies
• Accepting The Love Of Christ
• Peace on Earth - A Reflection on the Nativity
• St Nicholas The Wonderworker
• God is Prayer: Keeping a Rule of Prayer
• 5 Ways To Make College Students Feel At Home
• St John Chrysostom's Homily on Theophany
• Why Parents Should Send Their Children To Camp.
• The Parable of the Sower
• The Theophany Prayer of St. Sophronius of Jerusalem
• Homily on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. On Prayer and Repentance By St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov)
• Homily on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son By St. Cyril of Alexandria
• The Sunday of the Last Judgement - A Homily By Fr. George Dimopoulos
• People Do Dumb Things - A Reflection on the 2019 Camp and Youth Workers Conference
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Links To Other Orthodox Sources

An Introduction to Orthodox Spirituality -  George C. Papademetriou.  A basic overview of the Orthodox spiritual life. From the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

The Jesus Prayer   - Fr . Steven Peter Tsichlis

Prayer without Ceasing from The Way of the Pilgrim

Five Stages in Contemplative Prayer - Archimandrite Hierotheos Vlachos, "A Night in the Desert of the Holy Mountain," Birth of Theotokos Monastery, Levadia

Recommended Further Reading