Wherefore wait? Maurice Baring

One day I heard a whisper:  ‘Wherefore wait? Why linger in a separate porch? Why nurse the flicker of a severed torch? The fire is there, ablaze beyond the gate. Why tremble, foolish soul? Why hesitate? However faint the knock, it will be heard.’ I knocked, and...

Tolstoy and the Orthodox Tradition — Fr. Michael Gillis

One of the ways to understand Tolstoy’s relationship with the Orthodox Church is in the context of his search for certainty, certainty regarding truth.  Tolstoy’s relationship with the Orthodox Church is paradoxical, that is, very Russian, quite Orthodox....