November 30, 2020 Fasting under Crisis Conditions — Vladyka, people today are already deprived of their everyday joys, while fasting seems to be taking away the last remaining of them. How…
November 24, 2020 Why Did Saint John Chrysostom Call to Strike the Blasphemers? Would a Christian be justified in confronting a blasphemer with physical force, if all other means of calling him to reason fail? This question…
November 17, 2020 Two Oaths In today’s world, people do not swear by anything. Our words are not taken at their face value any more. Words have been replaced…
November 17, 2020 Did Jesus Christ Teach Reincarnation? The misconception It is a common false belief that Jesus and His first disciples professed reincarnation, but that the Church prohibited this teaching at…
November 11, 2020 Sumerian Roots of the Forefathers’ Longevity Everyone reading the Bible must have noticed that our forefathers lived for a tremendous number of years, sometimes reaching a thousand-year milestone, as in…
November 7, 2020 Reflections on Religion and Political Power Many unbelievers argue that religion was been invented by people in political power in order to assert their authority and to exercise control over…
October 20, 2020 “Isn’t It Cowardice to Beware of Diseases and Other Misfortunes?” Let’s Look at the Example of the Apostles Peter and Paul For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain: these famous words of the Apostle Paul (Phil. 1:21) have long become…
October 19, 2020 Why Did Carl Fabergé Start Making Eggs? Russian jeweller Carl Fabergé is known primarily for his Easter eggs, prized by collectors around the world. But why has Mr. Fabergé chosen that…
October 19, 2020 The Offering of Incense The offering of incense in Orthodox Christian worship is likely the most misunderstood element of that worship. Worship, in general, outside of the Orthodox…
October 18, 2020 Why Politicians Fail So Often The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 6:31-36 The gospel of Jesus Christ always amazes us with it’s brutal simplicity. The…
October 17, 2020 Why It Is Important to Be and Not to Just Appear This age is, probably more than ever, all about posturing. A lot of people on socials are trying to show themselves to those around…
October 15, 2020 Confession Has to Be Repentance, and not a Story about Your Life Often people write down too much in their notes. They go into excessive detail about something or other, which is not quite proper. There…
