May 22, 2018 It is “Our” God, Not “Mine”: How the Spiritual Life of Spouses Affects Them By Fr. Sergius Nezhbort People have a hard time trying to let others into their hearts. More often than not, God becomes “my…
May 22, 2018 A Whole New Kind of Asceticism in Fatherhood At three in the morning, our house is quiet and dark. The distractions of the day all fade into silence, no to-do lists, no…
May 21, 2018 Should Parents Show Their Emotions, or Suppress Them in Favor of Good Parenting? There is a lot of literature out there today that seems to lean towards parents needing to override their own emotions and “not get…
May 21, 2018 Two Main Signs of that You Have Met Your Spouse It is very difficult to make a person change. If you want to change someone, then at first you have to change yourself. Not…
May 15, 2018 What Are We Cultivating in Our Young GirlsToday? Most children learn to identify themselves by what they have been noticed for, early on in their lives by the important people around them….
May 11, 2018 Choosing between Monasticism and Marriage Most young people don’t know how to discover their calling in the life. Whether to dedicate themselves to monasticism or select the marriage path….
May 3, 2018 Thinking Out Loud: What an Orthodox Mother-in-law Should Be Like? A mother-in-law is the chief. She thinks so a priori. It was she who gave birth to the son, and it was she who…
April 13, 2018 Complete List of Prohibited Marriages in the Orthodox Church The following relationships are among those prohibited by the canonical tradition of the Orthodox Church from entering into marriage: Blood Relationships a. Ascending Relatives:…
April 3, 2018 Christ, Church, Husband, and Wife “For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the Church; and He is the Savior of the…
April 2, 2018 A Coconut Fast: How My Children Began to Love Great Lent “A strict fast – well, it is just impossible for a modern person. Having such a stressful daily routine, people are not allowed to…
March 7, 2018 How Is a Child Ever Going to Learn to Behave in Church if They Aren’t in Church? It’s Sunday morning. The Church bulletin says that Church starts at 10:00am. It’s now 10:30am. You’re walking to the car to take yourself…
March 1, 2018 A Few Tips on Helping Your Children to Become Faithful Orthodox Adults Presbytera Mari Mars offers a few tips on helping your child grow in their relationship with Christ in order to become a faithful Orthodox…
