December 1, 2019 “I Flew Out of the Rear Window to the Roadway”: A Bishop Recounts a Miracle From His Childhood It was a hot July day in 1963. My father and I took a taxi to drive along the Neva along the Palace Embankment…
December 1, 2019 Forgiveness Requires Courage Anyone who has experienced forgiving another human being recognizes that the act of loosening our grip and extending our hand that has recently been…
November 30, 2019 What is Christian Love in Marriage? What is Christian love in a marriage? What role does it play? And how is a believer meant to “build” this love? Alexander Tkachenko,…
November 29, 2019 The Point of the Fast: To Win Back the Occupied Territory Each fast is a military campaign. We oppose the enemy in order to win our territory back, if not all of it, then at…
November 29, 2019 Cure for Mistakes We all make many mistakes. Mistakes for which after (or immediately) we have to pay dearly. Which we have to correct painfully for a…
November 28, 2019 St. Paisius (Velichkovsky) on Fasting St. Paisius (1722-1794) was born Peter Velichkovsky in Poltava, Ukraine, to a priestly family. At age thirteen he entered the Kiev Theological School with…
November 27, 2019 Ephebiphobia: Fear of our Teens and Youth I will break the ice. Hi! My name is Fr. Sampson Kasapakis. My favorite color is blue. If I could become any superhero, I…
November 26, 2019 Who Is My Neighbor? Why is the protagonist of the well-known parable about the merciful Samaritan, told by Christ at the end of His public ministry, a Samaritan,…
November 25, 2019 “Outside the Camp”: What we can learn from Saint Athanasios the Great The Early Life of Saint Athanasios Athanasios was born in the last decade of the third century in Alexandria Egypt, then the cultural and…
November 25, 2019 Holy Fathers on Combating Bad Thoughts The devil doesn’t attack a man unless he spoils his mind first. After all, a good thought protects a person, a good thought is…
November 24, 2019 Purple Parchment Manuscripts. Unique Examples of Book Art Black on white. We are so accustomed to this phrase that it is quite unusual to see some text written on a different surface….
November 23, 2019 On Providence and Evil When I appear on the radio, people often ask me questions about God’s stewardship of the world. We Christians believe in God’s Providence: we…
