November 22, 2018 19215 7 7 Types of Orthodox Clergy and Monastic Headwear Keep exploring mitres in the catalog >> The miter is a kind of headgear, which resembles a royal crown, and is part…
November 21, 2018 293 0 What Can We Learn from Angels in Our Life? Have you ever thought about the angels? Most of us, I’d suspect, usually don’t, unless we find ourselves in a difficult situation, and then…
November 21, 2018 101 0 How to Be Canonized? There is a joke that says, “To become a saint, you’ve got to die first.” In fact, that joke is one hundred percent true….
November 20, 2018 104 0 Patriarch Tikhon as One of the Greatest Universal Saints In 2015, the Russian Church celebrated two important anniversaries of Holy Patriarch Tikhon: February 1—150 years since his birth, and on April 7—ninety years…
November 20, 2018 114 0 “Should We Hail Mary?”: Looking for the Answer in the Holy Scripture Did you know that, according to Scripture: Mary is crowned with glory and honor to rule over the works of the Lord’s hands, and God…
November 20, 2018 54 0 The Dog’s Chance: How Nuns Save the Lost at the Men’s Rehabilitation Center More than two hundred homeless or alcohol-addicted men gather on a farm 19 miles from Minsk during the winter, where they are supervised by…
November 19, 2018 274 0 Mary or Martha: How to find the Balance between Our Work and Prayer The older I get, the more I struggle with the inner dialogue of “I have to do something about ____” and “but I’m just…
November 19, 2018 1111 1 How Ancient Hebrew Alphabet Points at Jesus Christ The Lord once said, Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me (John…
November 19, 2018 68 0 Three Questions for the Spiritual Father of St. Elisabeth Convent Archpriest Andrew Lemeshonok, the spiritual father of St. Elisabeth Convent, answers various questions of the parishioners. It Seems to Me That I Don’t Grow…
November 17, 2018 43 0 “Greatness Has Humble Beginnings” or Why Being Humble Is the Only Way to Move forward By Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok If we read memoirs of Father Sophrony about Elder Silouan where he recounts how that mighty ascetic fought spiritually…