March 7, 2019 8 General Rules for Readers in the Orthodox Church With all reading in Church, certain rules apply: 1. Never read while walking or moving around. 2. It is not necessary to make the…
March 6, 2019 10 Wonderful Books that You Can Read with Your Little Christians The family where I work as a babysitter is very fond of reading. Just a couple days ago, a delivery guy brought some new…
March 6, 2019 On the Question of the Seven Deadly Sins, Part 2 Why Seven Sins? It’s entirely arbitrary. We could list 1 or 7 or 107. The 1 sin would be Pride, which is usually (not…
March 6, 2019 On Fasting Again: Why and How It Can Be Good for Us To those on the new style calendar who are celebrating the Nativity of Christ, we wish all a joyous feast. Please keep this delightful…
March 5, 2019 Storms of Life or Why You Need to Be Always Prepared Spiritually Many years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on…
March 5, 2019 The Visitor of St. Elisabeth Convent Tells About Orthodoxy in China Most of us think of China as the land of the Great Wall, Confucius, Communism, gunpowder, sky lanterns, dragons, hieroglyphs, cheap goods, rice, and…
March 4, 2019 On the Question of the Seven Deadly Sins Sin I think we Orthodox don’t talk enough about sin. Really – how many of our people actually go to Confession? And when we…
March 4, 2019 Against Those Who Deny Demons’ Snares The Spiritual Meadow on the Devil’s War Against Monks People of our times often deny the existence of temptations sent by the devil. They…
March 3, 2019 Was the Canaanite Woman Really Called a Dog? In the Gospel for the Sunday of the Canaanite Woman (Matthew 15:21-28) we find a phrase that some have found troubling. The troubling nature…
March 3, 2019 A Homily for the Sunday of the Last Judgment 1 Corinthians 8:9-9:2 Matthew 25:31-46 I would like for us all to think for a moment about what actions on our part could separate…
March 1, 2019 “Christ Is Risen! Be Brave!”: the Meatfare Memorial Saturday The Meatfare Memorial Saturday is one of the major memorial days in the Orthodox calendar. Generally, every Saturday is a special day for Christians….
March 1, 2019 “If I Were President Putin…”: How to Reduce the Amount of Divorces The Rev. Dmitry Smirnov is a handsome and appealing man who hails from Moscow bohemian circles. He is the chairman of the Patriarchal Commission…
