October 12, 2018 Are We Attentive Enough to Reach Salvation in Digital Culture? The Distracted Life Having promised us a technological utopia, our ubiquitous and intrusive cyber-culture has instead precipitated a spiritual crisis in which human…
October 12, 2018 Holy Shroud: What Is It and What Is Its Meaning? If you go into an Orthodox Church between 2 PM on Holy Friday and Easter midnight, you will certainly see a table in the…
October 11, 2018 St. Theophan the Recluse on Prayer during the All-Night Vigil He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God (Luke 6:12). That’s the foundation and the beginning…
October 9, 2018 Church Canons: a Beginner’s Guide What canons are there in the Church? What do they govern? Do canons restrict people’s freedom or do they help people to exercise their freedom? Why do…
October 7, 2018 What Christian Tradition Says on the Role of Our Body and Cremation At the dawn of Christianity, when the pagan religions were still dominating the world, the few Christians that were living in the Roman Empire…
October 6, 2018 How Should One Behave on the Day When Received Communion? Question: How should one behave on the day one has received Communion? Answer: After Communion one must preserve the holiness. It’s sensible to…
October 5, 2018 The Importance of Visiting Church on Saturday Night “Let us lay aside all earthly cares” (the Hymn of the Great Entrance). Three decades ago, a film came out that codified the…
October 3, 2018 10 Pieces of Advice for Those Who Consider Themselves Christians 1. Know your faith and know how to explain why we confess Orthodox Christianity. “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always…
October 3, 2018 How One Should Read the Holy Scripture in the Right Way Perhaps one of the most memorable verses in the New Testament comes from the Prologue of St. John’s Gospel, “ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος,…
October 2, 2018 Discussing the Main Reasons for Loss of Faith It’s easy to find testimonies about “deconversion”, aka loss of faith, in the English-language part of the World Wide Web. People who grew up…
September 28, 2018 “Russian Amish”: Who Are Old Believers in Orthodox Church? Editor’s Note: The Amish have been capturing the imagination of Americans for decades, challenging the status quo with their utter rejection of the ‘goods’…
September 28, 2018 Can I Wear а Medallion Instead of the Cross and Why? Medallions, pendants, and bracelets with images of the saints: there are so many products in some church stores! How should we treat them? Shall…
