June 22, 2021 “Everything ‘Human’ Will End in Nothing”.A Few Quotes from His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II What kind of person was Patriarch Alexy II? What was he like in his youth; what did he particularly enjoy and what did he…
June 21, 2021 Agony in the Garden Should be believe the narratives of the Gospels even when there is no historical evidence to confirm them? The Apostles were asleep while Jesus…
June 21, 2021 Three Life-and-death Stories from a Hospital Chaplain No-Coincidence Meeting Once we came into a men’s ward and saw an old man sitting there. He was from some remote village with…
June 17, 2021 St Paisios of the Holy Mountain about Saving a Family from Decay The Holy Elder Paisios once said: — Patience begins with love. To bear a person, you must feel pain for him. Patience saves a…
June 16, 2021 “You Cannot Enter Hell for Free” and Other Parables The Greek Elder Porphyrios often said that prayer means a direct conversation with God, Who is always ready to listen to us with attention…
June 16, 2021 Children’s Questions. What Language did Adam and Eve Speak to Each Other in Paradise? As we all know, our forefathers broke their promise to God and sinned by eating the forbidden fruit (which turned them into sinful and…
June 15, 2021 Cuneiform Tablets from the Extinct Ugarit. Amazing Find Leads to New Discoveries The archive of the Canaanite city-state of Ugarit was discovered by a French archaeological expedition in 1929. The Canaanites inhabited the territory of modern…
June 15, 2021 What Are the Causes of Our Illnesses, and Can We Be Happy Nevertheless? The Holy Scripture introduces us to the notion of disease when it speaks about Adam and Eve’s expulsion from Paradise. In the Book of…
June 14, 2021 United in Freedom John 14:27 – 15:7 The Lord describes the unity of people with God from various angles. In contrast with the one about the sheep…
June 13, 2021 Why Do People Look Sad in Church? “When you endlessly rebuke someone for his imperfections and keep the focus entirely on his sins, a man quits growing as a Christian.” From…
June 13, 2021 Salt of the Earth. Patriarch Pavle His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle always avoided idle talk, but sometimes he compromised this principle for edifying others. One fun seeker often spent time…
June 11, 2021 St Isaac. A Daring Monk and a Magnificent Cathedral June 12, new style (May 30, old style) is a symbolic date for the Russian “northern capital” of St Petersburg. It is associated with…
