February 13, 2018 Is Fasting too Hard for my Kids? I’ve heard many times over the years, “It’s too hard for my kids” when someone brings up the topic of fasting and children. Let’s…
February 12, 2018 3 Sacred Images Depicting 3 Dimensions of Marriage Our culture bombards us with images of marriage. Pictures and news of celebrity and royal marriages and breakups crowd the pages of magazines and…
February 5, 2018 What is Family Happiness: An Orthodox Christian Understanding What is family happiness? When you hear the word “happiness,” a bright feeling of the joy of living, of participation, is born in the…
February 1, 2018 Fr. Andrew Konanos: “Try to Do This, and Happiness Will Enter Your Home!” It is quite a typical situation: a husband comes home after work, but his wife does not pay attention to whether he came or…
January 31, 2018 Making Time for Prayer While Raising Children Today we lead such busy lives that many say, “I don’t even have time for prayer. At the end of the say I am…
January 18, 2018 Exalt His Name Together: Finding an Orthodox Christian Spouse “Magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together” (Psalm 34:3) In pre-revolutionary Russia, when a seminarian proposed to the…
January 16, 2018 The Advice of a Priest on Abandoning the Idea of Abortion —Fr. Dmitry, in meeting with a pregnant woman who wants to have an abortion, what should a priest say so she would abandon this…
January 16, 2018 A Guide on How to Engage Your Children Before and During an Orthodox Christian Church Service When my husband and I first started having children, he and I were a part of the church choir. Up to a certain point,…
January 3, 2018 Advice of Elder Paisios on the Spiritual Life of a Couple A common issue in a couple relationship is about their spiritual life. One can be very spiritual following the way of life prescribed for…
December 29, 2017 A Short Dating Guide for Orthodox Christians In the midst of everything that is going on in college, I know that many of you are probably also thinking about getting married…
December 21, 2017 Are We Spoiling Our Children: An Orthodox Christian Perspective This is a common concern among parents. We wonder, “Will our children grow up to become self sufficient, able to deal with the tribulations…
December 14, 2017 How to Prepare for Your Children for Sunday Liturgy in the Orthodox Christian Church On Sunday morning, the family should get up in a timely manner, so that all can be properly prepared to go to Church….
