July 9, 2018 123 0 The Life Story of St. Bosiljka the Martyr of Pasjane In a small, humble village in Kosovo, a great event in the life of the Church took place on Sunday, May 20. On this…
July 8, 2018 797 1 St. John Chrysostom on Motherhood and Mother’s Prayer As someone who studies motherhood and theology and who has five children myself, fellow Orthodox mothers often ask me if I can point…
July 8, 2018 188 2 What the Holy Scripture Says about Cremation In the town where I live, funerals have become rather rare. I hear this is true throughout our country. People now have a “Celebration…
July 8, 2018 564 0 Fr. Moses Berry: From Hippie to Orthodox Christian You wouldn’t suspect that the jovial Orthodox priest who carries the gold chalise with such reverence from behind the iconostasis of “Mother of Unexpected…
July 6, 2018 6103 0 Chapter V. Apostle Paul: Numerous Miracles of the Least of the Apostles “But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all” (1 Corinthians 12:7). Many different miracles were…
July 6, 2018 46 0 Helping a Nursing Mom. A Comfort Toy – a New Item Made by the Toy Workshops of St. Elisabeth Convent for Newborn Children “A mother’s touch” – this is the name of the new items created in the toy workshops of St. Elisabeth Convent. It has the…
July 6, 2018 259 0 Mother of God of Vladimir: the Story of One of the Most Well Known Icons of the Theotokos The histories of Moscow and of the icon of Vladimir Mother of God are eternally inseparable. How many times did the Mother of God…
July 6, 2018 77 0 How Do We Know that We Have Divine Grace? Let us begin with one story as an example. St. Simeon the Stylite was the first ascetic who began practicing this kind of asceticism,…
July 5, 2018 218 0 Some Thoughts on the Usage of the Archaic Language in Liturgical Texts One sometimes comes across mild debates in Orthodox circles about whether or not our Sunday Divine Liturgy should employ the archaic forms (e.g. “Thou…