June 18, 2018 59 0 Parable of the Day: Relying on Your Own Power Once upon a time there was an elder who lived in a desert. Demons became visible and attacked him. They started dragging him…
June 15, 2018 200 0 Apostle Paul: The Preacher of the Unknown God “But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews…
June 15, 2018 60 0 Parable of the Day: Boundless Mercy of the Patriarch There was a Patriarch of Antioch named Alexander, known for his mercy and compassion. One of his secretaries stole several gold coins from him…
June 15, 2018 267 1 St. John the Wonderworker on Wearing Lipstick to Church It is the responsibility of the clergy and, in particular, of the parish rectors to insure that those who wear lipstick do not venerate…
June 15, 2018 118 0 Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen): “Giving Seminarians a Hope for the Future” His Eminence Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) became Orthodox in the age of 19 having been received from the Episcopalian Church in San Diego at the…
June 14, 2018 71 0 Baptizing Infants as a Part of the New Covenant with God St. Augustine made the observation that in the Scriptures, circumcision was a sign of the covenant between God and His people. The community did…
June 14, 2018 111 0 Parable of the Day: Sedated by Satan A young female parishioner came to a church to ask a priest: – Why do people often say that sins cause pain in…
June 13, 2018 127 0 Apostle Peter: The First Catch of the Fisher of Men “For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20). Apostle Peter, just like all the other apostles, was…
June 13, 2018 87 0 The Danger of Dishonest Dialogues The term “dialogue” (along with its synonyms, “conversation” and “discussion” and “engagement”) seems to have taken its place alongside the proverbial terms “motherhood”,…
June 13, 2018 145 0 Parable of the Day: Telling Reliable People from Dangerous Ones A disciple asked his elder: — How can I learn to tell reliable people from dangerous ones? — First of all, I’m…