December 23, 2020 Why Does Christ Call Himself the Son of Man? Looking for answers in the church tradition In our exploration of Christ’s reasons, let us be systematic and start with the most obvious things….
December 23, 2020 About St Nicholas, Helping God-seeking Non-believers Discover Christ In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! We call St Nicholas the great Wonderworker not only because his…
December 23, 2020 “Everyone’s Life Has Its Purpose” In the Gospel of Mark, the Lord explains to the disciples the parable of the sower (see: Mark 4: 10-23). This episode gave me…
December 21, 2020 Akathist to Saint Spyridon of Tremithus Kontakion 1 O holy hierarch and wonderworker Spyridon, who hast been glorified by the Lord! Celebrating now thy most honoured memory, with tenderness we…
December 21, 2020 The Basic Rule of Spiritual Life The lack of constancy is disastrous for spiritual life. When a person sees for the first time the light of the gospel truth shining…
December 21, 2020 The Icon-Painting Workshop — How It Began It is a lively Autumn morning. At two minutes to nine, a crowded city bus pulls into the bus stop near Saint Elisabeth Convent….
December 20, 2020 “The Chance of Survival was 5%, when Vladyka Began to Pray”. A True Story from the Life of Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh In the 1990s, a certain charitable organization undertook to transport seriously ill children from the former Soviet Union to English hospitals for bone marrow…
December 20, 2020 Gratitude Gives Rise to Faith There is a lot of evidence that writing down five things for which you are grateful each day is good for your health, both…
December 19, 2020 How to Get a Reward from God? Luke 6:31-36 2 Cor. 11:31-12:9 St Luke the Evangelist conveys to us the following words of Christ: “If you love those who love you,…
December 19, 2020 Puzzling Points in the Life of St. Nicholas Any Christian can tell you about St. Nicholas. Almost everyone knows that he helps travellers, helps poor maidens get married, and brings us Christmas presents…
December 18, 2020 Fifteen Quotes from Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk 1. We are blessed, for our Lord has come. He has come for our sake. He likened himself to His people and came to…
December 17, 2020 Saint Barbara — the Patron Saint of Artillery Saint Barbara, the Holy Martyr (3d – early 4th century) Commemorated on 17 (4) December. Does artillery, ‘the God of War’, have a patron saint…
