October 24, 2019 The Mysteries of Optina Monastery Optina Monastery… When Eldress Sepphora was reaching her 100th year of life, she walked through the ruins of Optina Monastery in the late 1980s,…
October 21, 2019 Five Wild Facts about St. Basil’s Cathedral On October 14, 1991, St. Basil’s Cathedral was reopened for church services after six decades of being barred from hosting religious rites. Here are…
October 19, 2019 Tears Can Be Caused by Adversarial Forces from the Other Side What’s the difference between penitential tears and hysterical tears? Hysteria is a nervous state one brings himself into. For example, we can do so…
October 18, 2019 Tears in Church: How to Deal With Them? “Eyes are clearer than words. Words sometimes only obscure the point. As they say, the eyes are a mirror of the soul. One can…
October 17, 2019 What Is a Prayer by Agreement? “Line all your life’s activities with frequent prayers as if with timber joints and thus protect your life in every way”, St. John Chrysostom says….
October 16, 2019 Types of Prayer Ropes: Lestovka Prayer Ropes Prayer ropes may vary not only in size but also in the way they are made and the material used. The most well-known variant…
October 15, 2019 The Holy Orthodox-Catholic Church Sails on Unto Ages of Ages The Council begins. This First Ecumenical Council, the First Council of Nicaea, was not held in secret. We have five accounts of it. The…
October 12, 2019 Why Do We Baptize in the Name of the Holy Trinity and Not in the Name of Jesus? As you read and re-read the Book of Acts, you will find similar expressions here and there: “[B]e baptized every one of you in…
October 8, 2019 Can a Christian Marry a Muslim? Dear friends! From now on, our weekly newsletter’s subscribers will be the first to receive an article that has never been published before. We…
October 8, 2019 The Story of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council Why have I titled this post “The Fathers” of the First Ecumenical Council? Because the Orthodox Church, in her personal approach to everything, titles her…
October 7, 2019 Practical Tips on Confession If we can’t be like Angels, that is, not fall, then at least let us not be like demons in not repenting of our…
October 5, 2019 Why Is Matins in Orthodox Churches Held in the Evening? Matins as one of the components of the Orthodox church service is held in the evening if combined with the Vespers into a special…
