PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

On the quiet nourishment of standing before God “Remain in your cell, and your cell will teach you everything.” — Abba Moses There are evenings when nothing extraordinary happens, and yet the heart knows that it has been given something necessary. Vespers in a dim church. Candles flickering before the icons. The icon screen barely illumined. The movement of incense through the shadows. Psalms and hymns carried upon a chant that seems less to begin than simply to be joined—as