October 6, 2018 How Iveron Icon of Theotokos from Hawaii Helped to Cure Leukemia My good friends, the Zlodorevs, are parishioners of St. John the Forerunner Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Lately, I’ve learned that their nine-year-old son, a…
October 6, 2018 How Should One Behave on the Day When Received Communion? Question: How should one behave on the day one has received Communion? Answer: After Communion one must preserve the holiness. It’s sensible to…
October 6, 2018 Photo Blog: the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in St. Elisabeth Convent September 27, 2018 St. Elisabeth Convent
October 5, 2018 Parable of the Day: Searching for Peace Outside and Inside There was an old man who liked fine arts. He was collecting paintings his entire life, and he finally acquired a formidable collection of…
October 5, 2018 The Importance of Visiting Church on Saturday Night “Let us lay aside all earthly cares” (the Hymn of the Great Entrance). Three decades ago, a film came out that codified the…
October 5, 2018 The Quick to Hear: a Rare Icon of the Mother of God from Zograf Monastery This icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is located in Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos. The name of the icon is explained by the…
October 4, 2018 Parable of the Day: Your Salvation Depends on What You Do There was a man who accumulated a lot of wealth. He never wanted to go to church to confess or donate. He had a…
October 4, 2018 The Assurance of Salvation: Will We Be Saved no Matter What? Question: Often in Protestant circles and Bible studies one will reference 1 John 5:13, “These things I have written to you who believe in the…
October 4, 2018 10 Unusual Questions About Sin The Hell is a vast territory, which God specially designed to torture the sinners. There are pans with boiling oil, cauldrons, demons with pitchforks,…
October 3, 2018 15 Quotes of Spiritual Guidance by Saint Macarius of Optina 1. Faith is the foundation of all goodness you need both in this life and to secure a good fate in the future everlasting eternity….
October 3, 2018 How One Should Read the Holy Scripture in the Right Way Perhaps one of the most memorable verses in the New Testament comes from the Prologue of St. John’s Gospel, “ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος,…
October 2, 2018 Parable of the Day: What Has Sin in Common with Dirty Laundry? Dirty laundry needs to be washed sooner or later. You can dump the dirty clothes into a huge vat to postpone the unpleasant moment…
