We begin the Great Fast with the command of our Saviour to forgive one another in order to receive from our Lord complete forgiveness of our sins. But this is only the beginning.
"Stand fast, fathers, stand fast." A short word given by the abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery on the tonsure of two novices into the riassa and kamilavka.
Sixty-six years ago, the missionary need for a source of Orthodox spiritual nourishment in the English language brought Orthodox Life into existence. That same missionary spirit has now led us to move from a print to an online platform.
