November 20, 2018 The Dog’s Chance: How Nuns Save the Lost at the Men’s Rehabilitation Center More than two hundred homeless or alcohol-addicted men gather on a farm 19 miles from Minsk during the winter, where they are supervised by…
November 19, 2018 Mary or Martha: How to find the Balance between Our Work and Prayer The older I get, the more I struggle with the inner dialogue of “I have to do something about ____” and “but I’m just…
November 19, 2018 How Ancient Hebrew Alphabet Points at Jesus Christ The Lord once said, Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me (John…
November 19, 2018 Three Questions for the Spiritual Father of St. Elisabeth Convent Archpriest Andrew Lemeshonok, the spiritual father of St. Elisabeth Convent, answers various questions of the parishioners. It Seems to Me That I Don’t Grow…
November 17, 2018 “Greatness Has Humble Beginnings” or Why Being Humble Is the Only Way to Move forward By Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok If we read memoirs of Father Sophrony about Elder Silouan where he recounts how that mighty ascetic fought spiritually…
November 17, 2018 A New Icon of Unification and the Question of Our Catholicity The 1917–1918 Russian Church Council bolstered the Church in the beginning of persecution and was a veritable example of the catholicity of the Church….
November 16, 2018 How to Form an Orthodox Conscience An Orthodox Christian conscience is created by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ acting within us. It is difficult to form this conscience….
November 16, 2018 Why so Much Self-humiliation in Prayer? Question: Why is there so much self-humiliation in the prayers from prayerbooks: we have to call ourselves “sinful”, “fool”, “unworthy” and “worthy of conviction…
November 16, 2018 Home Theater: the Idea of Education and Spiritual Development of Children Read to me! Reading aloud used to be a widespread cultural tradition. Nowadays, people often stop reading to their children and together with…
November 15, 2018 The Problem of “Unclean” Women and Holy Communion Question: Explain to me, please, why women may not enter a church when they are unclean (during menstruation)? After what period of time after the…
November 15, 2018 “Our Faith”: Harmonious Combination of Liturgical and Folk Music Led by the renowned precentor Nun Juliania (Denisova) the Monastic Choir of St. Elisabeth is considered to be one of the best Church choirs…
November 15, 2018 Where Do Liturgical Colors Come From? Today, the Church uses priest and temple vestments of various colors. There is even a full-fledged system of liturgical colors where each holiday has…
