January 14, 2019 224 0 A Remarkable Story about Basil the Great Told by an Eyewitness There is a remarkable story told by an eyewitness (Bishop Elladius, the successor to Saint Basil the Great) how the holy hierarch rescued a…
January 11, 2019 170 0 Egyptian Dragons Praise Baby Jesus I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt (Hosea 11:1). According to Holy Apostle Matthew’s Gospel, King Herod asked the wise…
January 11, 2019 112 1 The Motivation to Do Good Advocates of autonomous morality attack Christian morality as if it were motivated by primitive moral principles: fear of future torments in hell and the…
January 11, 2019 579 0 The Rare Priestly Icon of the Mother of God There was a heretical priest who, for reasons known solely to God, pretended to be Orthodox and became one of the monks in the…
January 11, 2019 145 0 Seeking God with Tears: Nun Jualiania (Denisova) on How We Can Overcome the Challenges of the Modern World – What are the obstacles for you and for our contemporaries on the road to salvation? – You know, I don’t want to…
January 10, 2019 387 3 “I’m Not a Descendant of Apes”: a Problematic Question of Our Origin I’m not their descendant, and that’s it. That’s why it sounds so scandalous. I’ve read a lot on this topic, but just as I…
January 10, 2019 71 0 Some Simple Tips on Tithing Many faithful people strive to practice tithing, the voluntary giving back to Christ and His Church one tenth of the income with which we…
January 10, 2019 5835 3 Home Alone: The Hidden Message of the Movie Things hidden in plain sight tend to be the hardest to find. That was exactly the case with me and Home Alone movie….
January 9, 2019 224 0 Christmas Memories from the Catalog of Good Deeds: “The First Liturgy in Adulthood and a Christmas Tree from the Country that Does Not Exist” Dear friends! The Catalog of Good Deeds team starts a new series of personal stories devoted to the Feast of the Nativity. Our brothers and sisters…
January 9, 2019 195 0 Personal Story: the Mystery of Conversion and the Long Way to It I often hear stories from people I’ve met along the way about the path that lead them to Orthodoxy. More often than not‚ these…