Category: Spiritual warfare

  • Save Yourself in the Angelic Rank: Reflections on the Tonsure

    Save Yourself in the Angelic Rank: Reflections on the Tonsure

    After celebrating Great Vespers for the Meeting of the Lord, three of our Sisters were tonsured by His Grace, Bishop Serafim (Baltić). Sister Porphyria was tonsured a Rassophore Nun, followed by Mother Serafima (formerly Sister Glykeria) and Mother Ambrosia (formerly Sister Anysia) being tonsured into the Small Schema. The tonsure…

  • Letter to My Soul: Remember Your Inheritance

    Letter to My Soul: Remember Your Inheritance

    Morning entry on Wednesday, January 7, 2026  Christ is born! Glorify Him!  Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all that He hath done for thee. What happened, my soul? It wasn’t…

  • Faith, Love, and Sacrifice: Lessons from St. Tsar Lazar’s Martyrdom

    Faith, Love, and Sacrifice: Lessons from St. Tsar Lazar’s Martyrdom

    Today we commemorate the holy, glorious, Great Martyr St. Tsar Lazar, who sacrificed his life for the love of Christ and the Serbian people on this day, June 28/15, 1389, in the Battle of Kosovo. The night before the battle, an angel appeared to him and offered him a choice…

  • The Devil’s Advertising Campaign

    The Devil’s Advertising Campaign

    “You know full well a vow of celibacy is not the answer.” “Thou shalt not give up on dating and become a nun.” The devil is not hiding anymore.  There is no need for him to hide when the world gives itself over to his control. Daily. We do his…