PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

St. John the Baptist and the Freedom of a Hidden Life “He must increase, but I must decrease.” — John 3:30 There are few saints whose birth the Church celebrates. We celebrate the birth of St. John the Baptist because from the beginning his life was ordered toward a single purpose: to prepare a place for Christ. John’s greatness did not consist in what he accomplished. It did not consist in the crowds that gathered around him, the power of his preaching, or even the austerity