October 31, 2018 2544 3 A Brief Word on Halloween in a Letter to Orthodox Parents From a letter of Archimandrite Irenei to a mother and father (2012): My dear N and A, You are Orthodox parents raising…
October 31, 2018 93 0 Evangelist Luke: The Path of a Historian and Literary Genius There is disagreement among contemporary scholars and commentators about which of the Evangelists wrote first: Matthew or Mark. But it is safe to assert…
October 31, 2018 227 0 Why Do Orthodox Christians Need Holy Fathers? Isn’t the Bible Enough? We Orthodox Christian hear this question quite often. In fact, it strikes a much deeper issue, namely, the issue with the Holy Tradition, which…
October 30, 2018 891 0 15 Quotes of Guidance from St. Ambrose of Optina 1. You should always be meek with everybody. You shouldn’t annoy anyone or be envious. You shouldn’t satisfy the lust of flesh that seduces…
October 30, 2018 139 0 Parable of the Day: What Can We Learn from a Mountain Stream? There was a young boy who was walking with his parents in the woods one day. He saw a clean brook. He drank some fresh…
October 30, 2018 190 0 “A Sin not unto Death”: What Do These Words Mean? Question: What does the following phrase from the First Catholic Epistle of St. John the Theologian mean: “All unrighteousness is sin; and there is…
October 29, 2018 1329 0 St. Martin of Tours: the Life Story of One of the Most Well-Known Western Saints “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which…
October 29, 2018 134 0 Why Some Saints Are “Greater” than Others Question: Why do the Orthodox use the title “The Great” for some saints (e.g., Anthony the Great), when it is used of pagan and Jewish…
October 29, 2018 475 0 The Holy Centurion: St. Martyr Longinus and His Role in the Gospel Events Today, on October 29 (October 16 O.S.), the Orthodox Church invites us to celebrate the memory of an unusual saint who might have been the first…
October 28, 2018 975 1 Can Non-Orthodox People Reach Salvation? Question: When Church Fathers such as Cyprian of Carthage make such bold statements as, “He cannot have God for his Father, who has not…