For more on the Spiritual Life, see Lessons from the Fathers

Understandest thou what thou readest?” – The Place and Importance of Spiritual Direction

• Christ in Our Lives – Fr. Dimitri Dudko
• The Christian Spiritual Life – St. Seraphim
• A Harvest of Virtues – Some Thoughts on the Spiritual Life
• In Pursuit of Wisdom – Blessed Paisius Velichkovsky
• An Aid to Prayer Some Thoughts on the Use of a Prayer Book
• The Power and Efficacy of Prayer – A Sermon on Transfiguration
• Lord Jesus Christ – The Jesus Prayer
• The Supper of God and the Soul
• The Name of Jesus Christ – Simeon Archbishop of Thessalonica
• Bishop Theophan, the Recluse of Vysha
• Love Beareth All – Elder Ambrose of Optina
• Attuning Oneself to Spiritual Life – Bishop Theophan the Recluse
• A Rule of Attention to Oneself – Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov
• Champion of the Arena -A biography of Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninonov
• How One Can and Ought to Serve the Church, – Protopresbyter Michael Pomazansky 
• A Righteous Death (The “Recluse” Mitrosha)
• A Heart for the Poor – Righteous Matrona Naumovna
• Born of Water and the Spirit
• Into the Desert
• Sacred Tradition – Part II – Concerning the Holy Scriptures and Commentaries on the Holy Scriptures
• Sacred Tradition – Part III -Canons of the Church and the Liturgies
• Sacred Tradition IV – The Art of Saving one’s Soul and Rules for Outward Behavior
• Judge Not
• Fear Not
• God’s Temple – Archimandrite Justin Popovich (115-116)
• The Young Elder, Schema-archimandrite Ambrose of Milkovo
• Let Us be Radiant! – Archbishop Mark (139)
• A Guide to Confession – Part XII (139)
• On the Soul and Union with God
• Prophet of Charity – St. John Chrysostom (150)
• From the Selected Letters of Archbishop Theophan of Poltava
• The Straight and Narrow Way – by Bishop Theophan the Recluse
• Turning Talents to Profit – St. Gregory the Dialogist (+604)
• How the Enemy Tries to Divert the Beginner from the True Path – Bishop Theophan the Recluse
• My Life in Christ – St. John of Kronstadt
• Pray Without Ceasing – St. Gregory Palamas
• The True Meaning of Christmas
• Unseen Warfare – St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain
• A Spiritual Treasure – St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
• Towards a Fruitful Spiritual Life – by Metropolitan Gregory of Novgorod
• Born Again! Blessed Augustine
• Fasting – Behold, Now is the Acceptable Time…
• “Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ…” – Pascha on Mt. Athos, Valaam, and Sarov
• Nurturer of the Spirit (the duty of an Orthodox lay woman)
• God’s Call to Salvation
• The Unity of the Church – Fr. Michael Pomazansky
• The Prisoners’ Angel – Elena Andreyevna Voronova
• Forming the Soul, by Hieromonk Seraphim
• Of the Way Into the Kingdom of Heaven – Bishop Innocent (Veniaminov)
• Letters of Archbishop Theophan of Poltava
• “Lovest Thou Me?” – Archpriest Dimitri Dudko
• Are We Seeking Christ? (St. John of Kronstadt)
• The Seal of the Gift of the Holy Spirit
• Preparing for Confession
• Voice from the Sepulchre – What Would Archbishop John Say to Us Today?
• What is “Prelest”?
• Read the Scriptures, St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
• A Mother’s Last Request
• Our Battle With the Angels – Priest Dimitri Dudko
• Homily on Marriage, St. John Chrysostom
• Correcting the Heart and  Correcting the Heart (Conclusion), Bishop Theophan the Recluse
• Counsels for a Spiritual Life, Priest Alexey Mechev
• On the Christian Life – Letters by Bishop Theophan the Recluse
• Conscience: The Voice of God in Man
• Conscience: The Voice of God in Man (concluded)
• Prayer of the Heart – Bishop Theophan the Recluse
• The Gift of Faith
• Saint John of Damascus: On the Holy Images (Extracts)
• St. Athanasius the Great: On the Incarnation (Extracts)
• An Athonite Monk Counsels Youth
• Man – the Temple of God
• 58 Chapters – An Elder’s Counsels to Christians Living in the World
• Preserving Inner Contemplation and Remembrance of God
• The Aim of the Christian Life
• Spiritual Counsels of Saint Seraphim
• The Power of Humility, by Bishop Barnabas of the Catacomb Church
• Narrow is the Way, New Martyr Bishop Basil of Kineshma
• Pearls from Saint Isaac of Syria 
• A Guide to Confession, XIII
• Hasten to Amendment, Blessed Augustine of Hippo (+430)
• Before the Ship Sinks, St. Basil the Great
• When the Conscience Falls Silent and Shame Dies Out, Nun Ioanna
• A Guide to Confession – Part XV, The Eighth Beatitude (cont’d), and the Ninth Beatitude
• Cultivate That Quiet Light…,
• A sower went out to sow his seed…., by Saint Gregory the Great
• Letters of Spiritual Counsel
• On Signs and Miracles, Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow
• Evening Prayer to the Holy Guardian Angel
• On Visiting the Church of God