June 27, 2019 Are There Any Reasons for Children to Be Rebaptized? There is no such concept as “rebaptism” in the Orthodox Church. Every day we recite a summary of the basic Christian truths in Nicene…
June 27, 2019 Can the Church Do without Deacons? Recently I overheard a conversation about deacons and someone opined that if there were no deacons in the Church no one would notice, and…
June 26, 2019 Sun? Stream? Triangle? Some Ways of Grasping the Mystery of the Holy Trinity Saint Augustine, a famous 4th-century bishop and theologian, was walking along the sea shore thinking about the mystery of the Holy Trinity one day….
June 26, 2019 The Oak of Mamre Episode Is the Beginning of the Holy Trinity Revelation The episode at the oak of Mamre, recorded in Genesis 18, is one of the strangest and most mysterious in the scriptures. It has…
June 26, 2019 Fr. Andrey Lemeshonok: “In God Everything Is Simple!” You can either live and destroy (though it isn’t life, but dying) or you can live and create. First of all, of course, to…
June 25, 2019 Fr. Valery Zakharov on How We Should Deal with Complicated Circumstances God’s mercy is concealed in sorrows! If you’re beleaguered by sorrows, rejoice, for it is the time when you are on the right track….
June 25, 2019 “They Make Me to Go to Church. But What about My Free Will?” Question: Hello! When I was 14, my mother got churched rapidly and eventually she “churched” me as well. Both then and now my mom…
June 24, 2019 The Incarnation and Deification: How God Shares His Divinity with our Humanity The idea that Christ would have incarnated in the flesh, even if Adam and Eve had not fallen, was taught by a number of…
June 24, 2019 “Lord Remembers Those Whom People Forget!” Orthodox Nun on Prayer for the Departed The question “Why do we pray for the dead?” is based on two problems. The first one is the personal relationships between God and…
June 23, 2019 How Should an Orthodox Christian Celebrate His Birthday and Name Day? There was a priest who celebrated his birthday, which was the same as his name day. When the Divine Liturgy was over, he went…
June 23, 2019 “Never, Ever Dare to Be Proud”: Spiritual Guidance for Everyone by St. Alexiy (Mechev) No matter what sin you committed, repent, and God will be eager to accept you with open arms. Be like a child in everything…
June 23, 2019 St. Alexiy (Mechev): “Live for Others, and You Yourself Will Be Saved!” Commemorated on June 9. Since so many of the saints whom we venerate lived in the early years of Christianity, it would be easy…
