March 13, 2021 Lifting of the Panagia: Why Do Monastics Have a Procession after Liturgy? After Divine Liturgy on Sundays and holidays, the brethren will go in procession walking in pairs from the main church to the trapeza and…
March 12, 2021 In Loving Memory of Our Kolya At some stage in their lives, people will encounter disability face to face. They will react differently – some with pity, others with compassion,…
March 11, 2021 Earliest Christian Hymns as Evidence of the Veneration of the Trinity by Ante-Nicene Christians Papyrus Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. XV 1786) is the earliest known papyrus in Greek, containing one of the earliest Christian hymns with music notation, dating…
March 10, 2021 A Miracle in the Lavra It’s not as hard as you would think with children during self-isolation. My sons are ten and five years old. We read, do woodcarving,…
March 9, 2021 “He Was Alive and Fit When He Entered the Elevator but Arrived Dead.” Stories of Two Encounters with God Eugenia met her soulmate after she prayed to St Matrona of Moscow. The happy couple were expecting a child when the head of the…
March 8, 2021 Praying for Money and What St Paisios of the Holy Mountain Thought of It Venerable Paisios spent the years between 1968 and 1979 in his poor kelli of the Honorable Cross in Kapsala, Mount Athos. In most cases,…
March 8, 2021 Like through a Mirror Dimmly Lent is upon us and as we start cleaning our fridges of the food that we feasted upon until this point‚ we also start a…
March 7, 2021 Zočište Monastery: Serbian Shrine in Kosovo where Albanians also Pray “I hardly know anyone who would not be healed here,” says the abbot of the monastery. Black chickens roam in the courtyard of Sts…
March 7, 2021 Fasting to Serve Christ in “The Least of These”: Homily for the Sunday of the Last Judgement Today we continue to prepare to follow our Lord to His cross and empty tomb at Pascha. Great Lent begins a week from tomorrow, and…
March 6, 2021 Athos Monasticism: the Coexistence of Life and Death Every athonite monk, following in the footsteps of the holy fathers and living according to their tradition, combines the two states that appear antithetical…
March 5, 2021 Interpreting Psalm 137: Part 2 (Closing) Part 1 An outstanding example of literary text from the Holy Scripture, Psalm 137 begins with one of the saddest-sounding lines of the entire…
March 4, 2021 I Have Heard That The Church Condemns Money Lending. Does This Mean That I Should Not Be Opening A Savings Account? Lending money with interest (or usury) is not simply condemned by the church; it is unambiguously and clearly prohibited by the Holy Scriptures. Deuteronomy,…
