July 16, 2020 Get Up Early to Speak to God I myself will awake early. Psalm 57:8 This is said by a person who is constrained by worries and griefs. He will rise early…
July 16, 2020 Is It True That It Is Not a Sin to Deceive People Whose Faith Is Different from Ours? (The story of a Christian who took gold from a Jew and swore to him that he hadn’t). Whatever faith a person may be,…
July 15, 2020 Icon of the Mother of God of Akhtyr This shrine with an incredible history of finding, unfortunately, was lost in 1903. It was stolen when sent to St. Petersburg for restoration. Today,…
July 14, 2020 What and How the First Christians Ate The Last Supper, at which Jesus Christ established the main sacrament – the Eucharist, was also a special solemn feast, followed by the main…
July 14, 2020 Getting Married I was 27. I had a good job, a higher education (and a half), and a cat. I wanted to get married. I accidentally…
July 13, 2020 Why Do Our Children Become Out of Control? Once again they will say that this monk should mind his own business, but nowadays it is a crime for anyone to keep quiet…
July 12, 2020 The Holy Apostles Rocky Johnson and Paul On July 12 we celebrate the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. The usual icon for the feast shows them united, embracing in…
July 11, 2020 Saint Paisius the Athonite: Reasoning is the Salt of Virtue We need reasoning in everything that we do, so that it pleases God, and in every virtue so that it is really a virtue….
July 10, 2020 Can I Pray for Animals? In the Book of the Prophet Joel, we read: “The beasts of the field cry also unto Thee…” (1:20). Therefore, if God accepts their…
July 9, 2020 “My Daughter Was Dying in My Arms, I Asked St. Luke to Help” – a Real Happening in a Moscow Hospital At 9 months, my daughter got whooping cough. And a month later, during Christmas days, health complications appeared. I called an ambulance – a…
July 9, 2020 May I Enter the Church Wearing Shorts? I guess it is allowed in exceptional cases. For example, you were driving in a car and you need to light up a candle…
July 7, 2020 Wonders of Saint John of Shanghai Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco occupies a special place in my life. Despite the fact that I am not called his name,…
