January 18, 2018 3237 2 Can One Wear a Cross if They are not Baptized? Q: Can One Wear a Cross if They are not Baptized? A: A cross is not just a piece of jewelry, but a symbol…
January 18, 2018 592 0 Exalt His Name Together: Finding an Orthodox Christian Spouse “Magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together” (Psalm 34:3) In pre-revolutionary Russia, when a seminarian proposed to the…
January 17, 2018 110 0 Why do we Bless Homes on Theophany with Holy Water? Why do we bless houses (and almost anything else that we can sprinkle) with water? Many years ago, when I was yet a…
January 17, 2018 31 0 Ancient Seal Found Belonging to a Jerusalem ruler who lived 2700 years ago On Monday, January 1, 2018, the Department of Antiquities of Israel announced a unique discovery: during the excavations near the Wailing Wall, a unique…
January 17, 2018 57 1 Start a New Life: Becoming a Novice in St. Elisabeth Convent By Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok Recently, three new novices joined our Convent! It has been a long-standing tradition in our Convent that postulants become novices…
January 16, 2018 59 0 The Advice of a Priest on Abandoning the Idea of Abortion —Fr. Dmitry, in meeting with a pregnant woman who wants to have an abortion, what should a priest say so she would abandon this…
January 16, 2018 493 0 A Guide on How to Engage Your Children Before and During an Orthodox Christian Church Service When my husband and I first started having children, he and I were a part of the church choir. Up to a certain point,…
January 15, 2018 64 2 One Country Helping Another: An Orthodox Mission in Kenya Ruslan Yarotsky, a religion studies major and a former Evangelical pastor who is now an Orthodox missionary from Hrodna and the Director of a…
January 12, 2018 157 0 How to Baptize a Person in Case of Mortal Danger? In case of mortal danger, the Orthodox Church allows a simple layman (who is supposed to be an Orthodox Christian) to perform the Sacrament…
January 12, 2018 2021 0 Eating Food that has Blood in It according to Canon Law Question: I wonder if it is ok to eat food that has blood in it? What about Acts 15 where the Apostles forbid it…