August 20, 2019 Should Orthodox Christians Let Their Children Associate with Unbelievers? “We have a problem: our son is friends with a boy next door. His parents are totally worldly people—they don’t go to church, they…
August 19, 2019 Why Do Farmers Bring Their Produce to Church for Consecration? Adam’s sons were the first to start bringing some of the fruit of the ground as an offering to God (Gen. 4:2-4). Since Moses, the…
August 18, 2019 The Narthex as a Dynamic Place of Transformation The icon of the Fest of Transfiguration‚ which we celebrate on August 6th‚ is a beautiful metaphor for the union and the reconciliation that Christ brings…
August 13, 2019 The Eucharist – the Seal of Christian Marriage We know from the Church history that there hadn’t existed any special ritual of Matrimony until the 9th century. The Sacrament of Matrimony was…
August 12, 2019 3 Questions for the Spiritual Father of St. Elisabeth Convent God Doesn’t Give Me What I Ask Him For. Should I Continue Praying? Question: Father Andrey, your blessing. Can it be that a person…
August 12, 2019 A Recent Miracle: St. Nicholas and the Church Keys This story is told by nun Maustrigia. During the Soviet persecution of churches, her monastery was closed down and all the nuns were told…
August 12, 2019 Social Media as a Springboard to Prayer Facebook isn’t fun anymore. It used to be a great place where people shared posts about life events and articles of interest. I learned…
August 10, 2019 Why You Can’t Do Orthodoxy By the Book (or the Blog) There is a grave problem with Orthodoxy – you can’t do it by the book. Even less so, can you do it by the…
August 9, 2019 Psychogenic Depression: The Orthodox View Depression (from the Latin word depressio, which means to press, oppress) is a subnormal, depressed mood, accompanied by lethargy, fatigue, and a dull and pessimistic…
August 7, 2019 The Priesthood as Vocation “. . . the priesthood unites all of the callings to which man may respond and cannot be thought of as just one of…
August 2, 2019 Tonsure vs Long Hair Most priests of the Russian Orthodox Church wear long hair. A bearded man with long hair – a classic and already familiar image of…
August 1, 2019 Voluntary Obedience to a Spiritual Father Prevents Spiritual Death By definition, an Orthodox Christian is one who strives to be obedient to the Commandments and, at the same time, obediently tries to fulfill…
