September 14, 2020 Saint Ciaran, Abbot of Clonmacnoise in Ireland St. Ciaran (Kieran) of Clonmacnoise is known as “Ciaran the Younger”. He was born in about 512 (about 516 is also found) to the family of…
September 13, 2020 Why Would the Lord Want to Interfere with Man’s Free Choices? Q: Why would the Lord want to interfere with man’s free choices? Adam and Eve made a free decision – they committed the original…
September 13, 2020 On the Julian Calendar, Church Tradition, and Standing for the Faith Christmas and New Year is a time when many Orthodox Christians who follow the Julian (old) calendar wonder why they do so; or rather,…
September 12, 2020 Can a Christian Be Demon-Possessed? Believe it or not, I am sometimes asked the question “Can a Christian be demon-possessed?” Not often, admittedly, since our culture declares that demons…
September 12, 2020 Beheading of Saint John the Forerunner in Iconography In the Orthodox calendar, few saints have as many feast days as Saint John the Forerunner. Several events in the annual liturgical circle are…
September 11, 2020 Icon of Panagia ‘Weeps’ in Athens According to reports from clergy of Agios Dimitrios Church in Vyronas, southeast of Athens, an icon of the Virgin Mary miraculously begun streaming tears….
September 11, 2020 The Parable of the Growing Seed and Its Meaning to Our Lives Mark 4:24 – 34 2 Corinthians 12:20–13:2 The Lord gave the following description of the Kingdom of Heaven: “This is what the kingdom of…
September 11, 2020 Testimony of the Miracles Performed by the Venerable Adrian of Ondrusov 1. Miraculous delivery from a Swedish raid During the dark years of the 17th century, the Monastery of Saint Adrian of Ondrusov was raided…
September 10, 2020 “Suddenly We Saw a Little Cross on Our Daughter’s Pillow” – It Happened in an American Hospital Several years ago, the daughter of my friends spent a long time unconscious in an American hospital. Thank God, everything turned out just fine, but…
September 9, 2020 Importance of Repetition A Protestant friend asked me: How can you pray the same prayers all the time? Isn’t it limiting and monotonous? We’re certainly not expected…
September 8, 2020 Finding Peace within Ourselves – What the Holy Fathers Say No man has understanding if he is not humble, and he who lacks humility is devoid of understanding. No man is humble if he…
September 8, 2020 Church of Christ the Saviour at Chora Monastery Ultimately Became a Mosque Six months after the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, the Chora monastery with the Cathedral of Christ the Savior became the…
