February 1, 2018 62 0 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 51 0 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 596 0 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 59 0 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 500 0 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 499 0 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 894 0 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 275 0 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 240 0 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….
November 30, 2017 630 0 “Can I Become a Matushka?” or a Few Notes on Becoming the Wife of a Priest It would be so wonderful if we could open a book, entitled “A Manual”, or even “The Ladder of Perfection”, which would describe in…