June 17, 2019 How Are We to Treat the “Little Ones”, the Sinners, and the Supplicants? Ref. Matthew 18: 10-20 It has been a day since the Church appeared on earth. Yesterday, the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles and vested…
June 16, 2019 Man Rescued From Lightning By a Cross A Penza man remained alive after being struck by lightning thanks to the cross he wore on his neck and to a metal insert…
June 16, 2019 Holy Fathers of the Church on Child Rearing Parents and teachers, keep your children free from whims, for if you don’t, they will soon disregard the price of your love, contaminate their…
June 16, 2019 How Can We Sense the Holy Spirit? The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. 7:37-52; 8:12 During the last few weeks we were blessed enough to spend some…
June 14, 2019 Why We Pray for the Dead in the Orthodox Church? Short answer: They’re not dead. (Mark 12:27; Luke 20:38) Longer answer: What happens when we depart this life? The Orthodox Church believes…
June 14, 2019 In Anticipation of Pentecost: “We All Have the Light of the Holy Spirit Burning in Us” When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush…
June 13, 2019 The Church in Honor of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco Is Consecrated! Driving on the Minsk Ring Road, you can’t help noticing a shining golden dome from afar. That is the new church in honor of…
June 13, 2019 St. Theophan the Recluse: Why We Have to Ask God (Acts 25: 13-19; John 16: 23-33). Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you (John 16: 23). The…
June 12, 2019 Is Science Always Right? Of course not! Science can’t be always right by definition because scientific knowledge isn’t something cut in stone. It can be changed and redefined….
June 12, 2019 What Is Our Key to Searching for the Truth? O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. (Ps. 104:24)…
June 12, 2019 How Weak Human Nature Totally Changes in Christ (Ref. Luke 24:36-53) We are accustomed to our body, we accept that it gets tired, requires nourishment, experiences pain, suffers from all kinds of…
June 11, 2019 This Surgeon Brought the Victory Closer “I, Bishop Luke, Professor Voino-Yasenetsky, am exiled to village Bolshaya Murta, Krasnoyarsk Territory. I am an expert in purulent surgery. I could help soldiers…
