December 16, 2021 4 Reasons Not to Go to Church Some go to church several times a year, others do not miss a single service, even when they are ill. Who is closest to…
December 14, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 35 Part 34 Monastic Meal Walking out of St Andrew’s Cathedral, we joined the group going to the refectory, located in the basement of the…
December 12, 2021 “Praying Means Learning to Love” About Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Prayer and Carrots Metropolitan Anthony: «I remember once praying in my room (as a child. – Ed. Note) in the most exalted spiritual mood,…
December 9, 2021 Do the Catacombs of the Early Christians Have Anything in Common with the “Catacomb Church?” Many will be aware of the role of catacombs in the early history of the Christian Church. Yet the nature of this role was…
December 7, 2021 The Elder Who Practised Hesychastic Prayer Even in a Coma Since 2010, the Russian Orthodox Church has commemorated the Holy Martyr Philoumenos (Hasapis) of Jacob’s Well, who accepted a martyr’s death for Jesus at…
December 7, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 34 Part 33 Not Knowing Where I was… Taking a look around and seeing the Central Russian temple architecture, I felt at home, just as…
December 6, 2021 The History of the Temple that the Most Holy Theotokos Entered The Temple of Solomon was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586. The Jewish people were then expelled from their native land. Ten percent of the…
December 5, 2021 Does the Church Denigrate Women? Some Thoughts on Account of the Feast of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos to the Temple “I am a Christian – believe it or not. God helps me all the time. But I do not go to Church, as I…
December 2, 2021 What Does It Mean to Forgive? If a person constantly betrays and blackguards us, must we continue to associate with him? In one of his sermons, St Nicholas Velimirovic notes,…
December 2, 2021 Non-Believers Don’t Recognize Christians in Us — and That Is Terrible We Orthodox consider ourselves to be the followers and successors of the first Christians. We are members of the Church founded by the Apostles…
November 30, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 33 Part 32 Prayer in Stasidia This is not a day, only a moon shadow. The night is deep, and the dawn is centuries away….
November 29, 2021 Abound in Love: A Story by Saint Porphyrios And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, so…
