October 11, 2018 St. Theophan the Recluse on Prayer during the All-Night Vigil He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God (Luke 6:12). That’s the foundation and the beginning…
October 10, 2018 Parable of the Day: The Stream Into the Abyss Once upon a time there were three friends who went swimming in a river close to a waterfall. As they crossed the river, they…
October 10, 2018 Why We Cannot Just Have “God Within” Ourselves? Popular New Age thought postulates that everyone has a “god within.” It’s a pleasant way of saying that we’re all special while making “god”…
October 10, 2018 The Symbolism and Meaning of the Unburnt Bush Icon of the Mother of God We perish but aren’t dying Our souls are stripped and bare In flames but not consumed by fire, That’s the Unburnt Bush! – Maximillian Voloshin,…
October 9, 2018 Parable of the Day: Starfish on the Shore A man was walking down the sea shore and saw a boy lifting something up from the sand and throwing it into the sea….
October 9, 2018 Church Canons: a Beginner’s Guide What canons are there in the Church? What do they govern? Do canons restrict people’s freedom or do they help people to exercise their freedom? Why do…
October 9, 2018 Priest’s Response to a Question on Meditation Practices A reader wrote that he had begun to discover himself through Buddhist meditation despite 25 years of Orthodox Christian practice. He asked for my…
October 8, 2018 Parable of the Day: The Thankless Beggar In a certain village, there was a priest. This is a story he told the people who did not go to church on Sundays:…
October 8, 2018 St. Sergius of Radonezh as the Example of True Christian Humility A child was born in Varnitsa, Russia, to his parents Cyril and Mary. He was their second child, and they named him Bartholomew. Doubtless…
October 8, 2018 A Special Garden for Special Kids: a New Social Project of St. Elisabeth Convent and Prince Vladimir Youth Association The world has so much to offer! Subtle fragrances and various shades of beautiful flowers, a murmuring stream, and singing birds… Isn’t it great…
October 7, 2018 What Christian Tradition Says on the Role of Our Body and Cremation At the dawn of Christianity, when the pagan religions were still dominating the world, the few Christians that were living in the Roman Empire…
October 7, 2018 “Who Ate Prophet Jonah?” or Why It Is Important to Understand the Language of Bible “So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. Then the men feared the Lord…
