October 19, 2018 171 0 Three Personal Stories about God’s Providence in Our Lives Life-Saving Splinter When Archimandrite Pavel Gruzdev was in a prison camp, he made it his duty to get up an hour before the…
October 18, 2018 56 0 Parable of the Day: The Court Attendants of the Lord At that time, Father Nazarius from Valaam Monastery arrived in St Petersburg. He knew the poor nobleman and came to comfort him. The nobleman’s…
October 18, 2018 125 0 Does the Sacrament of Unction Purify All Our Sins? Question: How true is it that, at the celebration of the Mystery of Unction, forgotten sins are forgiven? I hear this in every sermon on…
October 18, 2018 113 0 How to Pray in the Right Way – 12 Steps (Part II) Read Part I 7. Pray in front of the holy icons Few people know that the spiritual tradition of the Orthodox Church discourages…
October 17, 2018 161 3 Some Facts about St. Gregory the Enlightener of Armenia and Armenian Church On September 30 (October 13), the Church commemorated a great saint, a missioner and confessor, a bishop of Christ’s Church – St. Gregory, the…
October 17, 2018 167 0 Patriotism: What Role Does It Play for Orthodox Christians and Their Faith? We’re all for it! Patriotism is a good thing: loving, treasuring one’s homeland and people, a sense of belonging, our own way of doing…
October 17, 2018 325 2 How to Pray in the Right Way – 12 Steps There has been a Q&A column on the website of FOMA Magazine for a long time. Every reader can ask a question and receive a personal…
October 16, 2018 212 0 Parable of the Day: God Gives You Not What You Ask For, but What You Need I was asking God to take away my pride. God said no. He said that He won’t take my pride away; it’s up to…
October 16, 2018 220 0 St. Silouan the Athonite on How God Teaches Us to Love The soul cannot know peace unless she prays for her enemies. The soul that has learned of God’s grace to pray, feels love and…
October 16, 2018 122 0 What Is a Prophetic Dream, and What Does the Church Think about It? Sleep is a natural process, vital for every human’s body. The Book of Ecclesiastes claims that “a dream cometh through the multitude of business”…