February 7, 2019 Why Does Orthodox Church not Use Musical Instruments? A reader of our blog has asked us recently in the comments to the post concerning musical instruments in the Bible (see the mentioned…
February 6, 2019 The Divine Liturgy: The Facts that You Didn’t Know The Divine Liturgy is the most important divine office. There are countless articles and books describing it. In the same way that the Liturgy…
February 6, 2019 How We Are Supposed to See God’s Image in People around Us A curious practice is advised by St. Isaac the Syrian. He essentially tells us to speak what we want to see in others. He…
February 3, 2019 Holy Water: What Does Bible Say about It and Its Consecration? For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one (Hebrews 2:11). When we posted an article about holy water and…
February 3, 2019 How You Can Really Help a Person Instead of Just Saying “I’ll Pray For You” Think about the last time you were going through a tough time in your life. What were the most helpful things that people said…
February 1, 2019 The List of Musical Instruments Mentioned in the Bible Shofar “My bowels, my bowels, I writhe in pain! The chambers of my heart are throbbing! My heart moans within me! I cannot keep…
January 31, 2019 What Are the Special Vows of Great Schema? When the priest asks him why he has come, the postulant answers that he desires the life of asceticism. So this is something that distinguishes…
January 29, 2019 Some Ideas on Welcoming and Retaining Those Who Had Left the Church A newspaper reporter was interviewing the mother of a large family of children. The reporter asked her the difficult question, “Which of your children…
January 24, 2019 How to Tell Foolishness-For-Christ from Folly or Mental Disorder? Saint Seraphim of Sarov used to say, “There are thousands of fools for their own sake but there are few of those who are…
January 24, 2019 Spiritual Father’s Advice: How to Cope with Resentment? Question: Father, how do I cope with resentment and remembering past offenses for too long? Maria. Answer: Resentment is like a thorn in one’s soul….
January 23, 2019 How to Pray: from Books or with Our Own Words? Many believers have developed a great love for the prayers found in our prayer books. In our prayer books we find collections of prayers,…
January 18, 2019 Christians and Muslims: Do They Worship the Same God? In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, Franklin Graham (son of the famous evangelist Billy Graham) opined on NBC Nightly News that Muslims pray…
