December 6, 2019 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: One Has to Work Hard to Do Good, While the Devil Helps to Do Evil If a Man Doesn’t Live in a Worldly Way, Sinners Make Him a Laughingstock Geronda, why does St. Cyril of Jerusalem say that the…
December 5, 2019 3 Stories About Love for Man Lunch is more important Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov) told how his friend, a priest, began to build a church in his parish. Things were going…
December 5, 2019 Elder Porphyrios’ Miracles: “Don’t Call Me Again, Because I’m Dead!” Speaking of the spiritual gifts of the Elder Porphyrios, Elder Paisius the Hagiorite, another world-famous Greek elder, said: ” He has a color TV,…
December 4, 2019 A Royal Priesthood A friend asked: Doesn’t the Bible say all Christians are priests? Then why does Orthodoxy have a separate class of people called priests? And…
December 4, 2019 The Historical Case for Infant Baptism Christian baptism is about conversion, as a quick look at the Orthodox liturgical texts reveals. Questions are addressed to the candidate, requiring him or…
December 4, 2019 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh on Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple There are feasts in which the power lies in the event being remembered; it is the event itself that is important, significant, and decisive…
December 4, 2019 A Special Day for Special Children One November day became special for children of the boarding home. Kids visited Women’s Rehabilitation Center, where after the Liturgy they had an opportunity…
December 3, 2019 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: We Need Self-Reproach, Not Despair – Father, is it easy for a person, who have just started his spiritual way, to have deep awareness of his sinfulness? When we…
December 3, 2019 How Can a Christian Child Survive in the World? The relationship between religious children and the world, or rather between children from Christian families and their non-religious peers, is a challenging topic. The…
December 3, 2019 Mary, the Ever-Virgin? Recently, a friend e-mailed me and asked if Orthodox Christians believe that Mary was “perpetually a virgin.” The short answer is, yes! The long…
December 2, 2019 Elder Porphyrios’ Miracles: A Spring Speaking of the spiritual gifts of the Elder Porphyrios, Elder Paisius the Hagiorite, another world-famous Greek elder, said: ” He has a color TV,…
December 2, 2019 Medicine for the Heart One medicine for the heart, is the use of a “Prayer Rule.” This “Rule” is of the utmost importance, for the prayer rule helps…
