RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.JOHN THE BAPTIST

On the Holy Mystery of Baptism

When you will go down into the water, do not represent to yourself water alone, but await salvation from the operation of the Holy Spirit; because without the one and the other it is impossible for...
Fasting

There is both a physical and a spiritual fast. In the physical fast the body abstains from food and drink. In the spiritual fast, the faster abstains from evil intentions, words and deeds. One who...
Teachings of St. Seraphim of Sarov on Fasting

Fasting consists not just of eating rarely, but also of eating little. And not just in eating only one meal, but in not eating much. Foolish is the faster, who waits for a specific time [to eat a...
Repentance

We should not put off repentance, for we know not the hour of our death. Do not rely on the evil one, who instills in you deceptive ideas, saying “You are still young, and will still live a long time...
On confession of one's sins

In Confession, the Church wants one to reveal his hidden shadow [the hidden thing that overshadows him]. In Confession, the Church wants one to show the wounds to his soul that he is hiding behind...
Holy Communion

Holy Hierarch St. John Chrysostom teaches that one must commune of the Holy Gifts of Christ “with a clear conscience, with a pure heart, with an irreproachable life, in the greatest oneness of mind...