December 8, 2018 Bible Stories: What Did Moneychangers Do in the Jerusalem Temple? We all remember the story about the Lord making a whip and casting moneychangers and merchants out of the Jerusalem Temple. Do you…
December 8, 2018 Annunciation as the Beginning of the Nativity Story And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy…
December 7, 2018 Becoming a Monk: a Closer Look at Monastic Tonsuring in Orthodoxy I imagine that very few Orthodox have ever observed the rite for the tonsuring of a monastic. The first time I observed the rite…
December 7, 2018 What Epitimia Is and What We Should Do with It Question: What is an epitimia? In what does it consist? Answer: An epitimia (Greek, epitimion, from epi – on, timi – punishment) is a means…
December 5, 2018 10 Things to Abstain from during the Nativity Fast What is important for us to bear in mind during the fast? The fast, by definition, is a time of abstinence. Therefore, let…
December 5, 2018 Practical Advice on Abstinence Fasting from information is no less important for a contemporary person than fasting from food. Excessive consumption of information, which can even be…
December 4, 2018 Children Ask about Church Life There are dozens of children’s questions concerning prayer, icons, and church worship… in general, everything related to life in the Church. We’ve collected…
December 3, 2018 Q&A with a Priest: What Does It Mean to Be a Priest’s Wife? Question: Your blessing, Father. What should I do: my husband has become a priest but I’m not the right kind of a person to…
December 2, 2018 The Question of Our Sins Commited before Baptism Question: I was Baptized five years ago. I have never been to Confession. I want to confess during the Great Fast. Is it necessary…
November 27, 2018 Should We Fast in the Presence of Unbelievers? There is a remarkable story in the book Everyday Saints related to fasting. Russian monks came to the Caucasus during the Chechen War to hear…
November 26, 2018 Why Do Men Stand on the Right and Women on the Left in the Church? Is This Division Necessary? This practice, as well as many other traditions, came to us from the East, from where the Holy Church itself has its roots. In…
November 25, 2018 Quick Confession: What if I Did not Have Time to Name All My Sins? Question: I prepared for Confession, and wrote my sins on a piece of paper. In the church there were lots of people, and the…
