May 31, 2019 How Reason and Logic Become the Important Elements of Our Spiritual life I was trained as an engineer so I have an orientation to viewing things from a logical and scientific perspective. But this view…
May 30, 2019 Is the Kingdom of Heaven Really Within You? In Scripture Jesus tells us “The Kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21) How do we know this? We know it when…
May 30, 2019 Priest’s Advice on How to Protect Yourself from an Orthodox Sect Priest Denis Kostomarov gives six tips for the newcomers in the Church on how to protect yourself from sect communities. Almost every day I…
May 29, 2019 Do We Pay For Our Sins with Illness? Priest Answers Children’s Questions “Theoretical” questions, i.e., those that deal with the key aspects of Christian theology, aren’t a rare occurrence among questions asked by children. Archpriest Alexander Yelatomtsev,…
May 29, 2019 St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and His Recent Miracles in China In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. When we commemorate whole groups of Saints, we…
May 29, 2019 Russian Orthodox Philosopher on Why All Believers Are Monks in Fact An excerpt from The Light Shineth in the Darkness by the Russian Orthodox Philosopher S. L. Frank: “A number of monastic orders have…
May 28, 2019 “What Do You Mean by ‘Ecumenical’?” My guess is that nothing can stop Orthodox conversation and divide a room quite so fast as someone loudly asking the question, “How ecumenical…
May 28, 2019 “I Used to Think that Russia Sucks and that It Is Too Backward”: American on His Life in Moscow, Baptism, and Russian Hospitality Matthew decided to leave the US when he was 18. He didn’t have any objective reasons for his decision, “I just couldn’t see my…
May 27, 2019 Is Monday a Fast Day? According to the Orthodox tradition, fast days are Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the entire year, with the exception of a couple of weeks when…
May 27, 2019 Spiritual Father’s Advice: Should We Pray Aloud or Silently Should I Pray Aloud Or Silently? Question: Father, do the Lord and his saints hear our prayers if we pray silently, not aloud? Should…
May 23, 2019 A Few Thoughts about the Usefulness of Suffering There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be…
May 23, 2019 Some Сommentary by C.S. Lewis on How to Fight Lust Please remember from last week that sexual lust is only one form of lust. I’m about to quote from C.S. Lewis again. Why do I…
