December 6, 2018 35 0 Christmas Memories from the Catalog of Good Deeds: “Police Patrols Ensured that People Did not Go to Church” Dear friends! The Catalog of Good Deeds team starts a new series of personal stories devoted to the Feast of the Nativity. Our…
December 5, 2018 333 0 10 Things to Abstain from during the Nativity Fast What is important for us to bear in mind during the fast? The fast, by definition, is a time of abstinence. Therefore, let…
December 5, 2018 632 0 Orthodox Iconography of the Bosom of Abraham The Sundays before the Nativity feast (Christmas) are dedicated to the Holy Forefathers and Ancestors of Jesus Christ. Among all the Old Testament…
December 5, 2018 107 0 Practical Advice on Abstinence Fasting from information is no less important for a contemporary person than fasting from food. Excessive consumption of information, which can even be…
December 4, 2018 162 0 Five Steps to Joy Everyone Can Make After the Fall of Adam and Eve, all of their descendants, us included, are doomed to all kinds of hardships and sorrows in…
December 4, 2018 200 0 Orthodoxy in the United States, Firsthand Interview with Sister Margarete (Roeber), a nun at the Holy Assumption Monastery in Calistoga, California. With the blessing of her abbess, Mother…
December 4, 2018 82 0 Children Ask about Church Life There are dozens of children’s questions concerning prayer, icons, and church worship… in general, everything related to life in the Church. We’ve collected…
December 4, 2018 66 0 Sisters of St. Elisabeth Convent at Christmas Market in New York New York greets Sisters from St Elisabeth Convent! As we continue our work supporting the Boarding Home for children with special needs,…
December 3, 2018 96 0 Shifting Our Focus: the Reason We Should Fast before the Feast of the Nativity On November 28th we begin the Nativity Fast. We fast before the Great Feast of the Nativity in order to prepare ourselves…
December 3, 2018 190 2 Q&A with a Priest: What Does It Mean to Be a Priest’s Wife? Question: Your blessing, Father. What should I do: my husband has become a priest but I’m not the right kind of a person to…