June 11, 2019 10 Simple Ways to Make Your Summer Spiritually Full We all know it can be hard to do stay spiritually engaged with our faith when we just want to be outside enjoying the…
June 11, 2019 New Martyrs of China: Censured the Buddhist Religion and Confessed Christ with Boldness 11 June 1900: a day of Diocletian-like persecution against the numerous Christians of the vast land of China. A day of anger and fire and…
June 10, 2019 8 Facts About Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk Many people in Belarus and abroad know about St Euphrosyne (whose name means joy in Greek). Of course, everyone has heard of the Cross…
June 10, 2019 Why Is the First Council of Nicea So Important? Those for whom ancient history is irrelevant and who equate “old” with “out-dated” (or better yet, “medieval” with “barbarically primitive”) will have trouble appreciating…
June 10, 2019 The Origins of the Kissing Holy Things Tradition In Jewish tradition, kissing holy things is a common act that pious Jews engage in several times every day. In his book, To Pray…
June 9, 2019 Theophan the Recluse on God’s Nature (Acts 20:16–18, 28–36; John 17:1–13) Arius denied the divinity of the Son of God and his being of the same nature as his Father….
June 9, 2019 A Special Time between Ascension and Pentecost Why, after five consecutive Sundays focusing on Christ and His miracles, do we suddenly switch to the First Ecumenical Council, an event that took…
June 7, 2019 Christian View on the Vanishing Miracle of Friendship There is abundant scientific evidence that a healthy human childhood, both physical as well as psychological, leads to better physical health in adult life,…
June 7, 2019 When Are We Allowed to Sit During the Divine Liturgy? Unlike the All-Night Vigil, which includes certain prayers that are meant for sitting during them (e.g. kathismata and sessional hymns; the word ‘kathisma’ literally…
June 6, 2019 Absurd Faith in God Only the Almighty and All-Good God can help us in any difficult situation while our “modest” egoism can only drag us to the bottom….
June 6, 2019 Elder Paisios the Athonite Prescribed This Remedy For All Kinds of Illnesses and Problems Bishop Job (Smakouz) on Elder Paisios and spiritual warfare. Volume 3 of Elder Paisios the Athonite’s works deals with spiritual warfare. We Are Here…
June 6, 2019 Feast Day Sermon: How Could Jesus Always Be with Us if He Ascended? According to the mind of the Church, the Risen Lord is also the Ascended Lord. In the words of Father Georges Florovsky, “In the…
