November 30, 2018 Foretypes of Nativity: What Did Prophets Say about the Coming of the Savior? “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them…
November 30, 2018 Christmas Memories from the Catalog of Good Deeds: “It Was in a Baptist Church that I First Learned about Christmas” Dear friends! The Catalog of Good Deeds team starts a new series of personal stories devoted to the Feast of the Nativity. Our brothers…
November 29, 2018 How Advent and Christmas Are Losing Their Sense in the Modern World So… they’ve taken Christmas out of Christmas and put it in Advent, and they’ve taken Christ out of Advent, except it’s not really Advent…
November 29, 2018 The Shrewd Steward: What Does this Parable Mean? “There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.” The…
November 28, 2018 Colonel, Doctor, Bishop and Martyr: a Life Story of Holy Martyr Seraphim (Chichagov) On 11 December Russian Orthodox Church commemorates Holy Hieromartyr Seraphim (Chichagov) of Petrograd. To honor his memory, we offer you an excerpt from Fr. Yves Dubois’…
November 28, 2018 The Miracles of the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign The first to be healed was my wife (at that time she was not yet my wife). It happened thus: Gallia Alexandrovna, with her…
November 28, 2018 “Our Laziness and Lack of Faith Leads Us into a Dead-End!” By Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok I’m a priest, right? A spiritual father, if you like. To be honest, I’m nobody. I know that but…
November 27, 2018 “That Doesn’t Concern Me!” or Why Such Viewpoint Cannot Be Christian A Mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. He wondered with great curiosity, “What food…
November 27, 2018 The Problem of Our Sticky Souls “If we desire to be in good things after the death of this body, let us take every care that our soul does not…
November 27, 2018 Should We Fast in the Presence of Unbelievers? There is a remarkable story in the book Everyday Saints related to fasting. Russian monks came to the Caucasus during the Chechen War to hear…
November 26, 2018 How Children Show Our True Priorities at Christmas Time The Christmas season has arrived, and I find myself thinking about my most cherished memories from every Christmas prior. As a mom, I find…
November 26, 2018 Why Do Men Stand on the Right and Women on the Left in the Church? Is This Division Necessary? This practice, as well as many other traditions, came to us from the East, from where the Holy Church itself has its roots. In…
