December 5, 2018 10 Things to Abstain from during the Nativity Fast What is important for us to bear in mind during the fast? The fast, by definition, is a time of abstinence. Therefore, let…
December 5, 2018 Orthodox Iconography of the Bosom of Abraham The Sundays before the Nativity feast (Christmas) are dedicated to the Holy Forefathers and Ancestors of Jesus Christ. Among all the Old Testament…
December 5, 2018 Practical Advice on Abstinence Fasting from information is no less important for a contemporary person than fasting from food. Excessive consumption of information, which can even be…
December 4, 2018 Five Steps to Joy Everyone Can Make After the Fall of Adam and Eve, all of their descendants, us included, are doomed to all kinds of hardships and sorrows in…
December 4, 2018 Orthodoxy in the United States, Firsthand Interview with Sister Margarete (Roeber), a nun at the Holy Assumption Monastery in Calistoga, California. With the blessing of her abbess, Mother…
December 4, 2018 Children Ask about Church Life There are dozens of children’s questions concerning prayer, icons, and church worship… in general, everything related to life in the Church. We’ve collected…
December 4, 2018 Sisters of St. Elisabeth Convent at Christmas Market in New York New York greets Sisters from St Elisabeth Convent! As we continue our work supporting the Boarding Home for children with special needs,…
December 3, 2018 Shifting Our Focus: the Reason We Should Fast before the Feast of the Nativity On November 28th we begin the Nativity Fast. We fast before the Great Feast of the Nativity in order to prepare ourselves…
December 3, 2018 Q&A with a Priest: What Does It Mean to Be a Priest’s Wife? Question: Your blessing, Father. What should I do: my husband has become a priest but I’m not the right kind of a person to…
December 3, 2018 St. Theophan the Recluse on the Further Coming of Jesus Christ Having said that the Son of man shall come like the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto…
December 2, 2018 The Question of Our Sins Commited before Baptism Question: I was Baptized five years ago. I have never been to Confession. I want to confess during the Great Fast. Is it necessary…
November 30, 2018 The Moment We Were First Called A homily for the Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First Called (commemorated on November 30). Walking through this dark, cold morning, did…
