May 15, 2023 Why Don’t People Die from Deadly Sins? Why are mortal sins so named? Do they bring a person closer to death? What if a person cannot get rid of such sins? …
April 22, 2023 Why Does the Priest Use a Three-Branched Candlestick during Easter Service? This practice comes from the hierarchical Liturgy, during which the bishop uses special candlesticks with braided candles. These candlesticks are called dikirion (Greek for…
April 6, 2023 The Mystery of Christ’s Parable of the Lost Drachma: What Was So Special about This Coin? In his parables, Christ often touches on the subject of money. Among such parables is the story of the lost coin. It tells of…
April 6, 2023 Icon: the Window into the Kingdom of Heaven Father Sergius Nezhbort, who is a priest of our Convent and the head of our Icon Painting Studio, is our guest today. We are…
March 24, 2023 Does the Expression “Eye for an Eye” Call for Vengeance? The expression “an eye for an eye” comes from the Old Testament and expresses a legal rule aimed at limiting retaliation and replacing it…
March 9, 2023 Do What You Must… Every person lives by the work of his hands. Every person fulfils his own duty. How can one avoid grumbling when things are hard?…
March 8, 2023 10 Quotes of Holy Passion-bearer Alexandra Feodorovna Today, when many are celebrating the so-called International Women’s Day, we want to offer you 10 inspiring quotes of a woman with a capital…
March 6, 2023 On Iconographers and Icons with Sister Anastasia Icons are indispensable objects in the Orthodox Church, and through them, we return to the first image and converse with the Lord, the Theotokos…
February 24, 2023 “The Doctor Said that I Had Fibroids… and that I Was Pregnant.” Story of a Woman Facing a Terrifying Choice Sometimes occasional conversations prove to be full of meaning. One day, looking for a home for a stray dog, I messaged a group for…
February 9, 2023 Four Goals for a Seriously Ill Person. What Is the Meaning of Suffering? The author of these lines, Dutch by origin, was born in Indonesia. She moved to London when she was young. She converted to Orthodoxy…
February 6, 2023 Time Travel 2003 Cincinnati, Ohio Almost 20 years ago, Tatiana Zhedik, one of our lay sisters, went to the USA for a summer job. As a…
January 27, 2023 Prayer in Our Own Words: What the Christian Shepherds Say Question: If a believer finds that prayer in his own words allows him to achieve greater humility and repentance than a prayer from the…
