July 21, 2021 Is “Gentle Upbringing” Wrong? Why do we scold our children? I will begin by citing a fragment from the memoirs of my teacher, academician Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachov. He…
June 17, 2021 St Paisios of the Holy Mountain about Saving a Family from Decay The Holy Elder Paisios once said: — Patience begins with love. To bear a person, you must feel pain for him. Patience saves a…
May 31, 2021 St Paisios of the Holy Mountain about the Connection between Husband and Wife – Sister, have you finished writing the wedding card to Dimitry, who is getting married? – I have, Geronda. – Let me see it,…
November 20, 2020 Why Do Children Stop Coming to Church when They Grow Up? Some Thoughts for the Anxious Parents God has a plan for all the people who come into this world. He had created this world so each person could fulful their…
November 18, 2020 10 Mistakes On The Way To Marriage Why are people who wholeheartedly want to have their own family, children, often unable to build relationships? Why, having found their “soulmate”, do they…
October 21, 2020 Will Our Children Keep the Faith? The Catastrophe of Modern Education I have already written on multiple occasions of the urgent necessity of creating Orthodox parish schools in America. Our…
August 28, 2020 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos on Parental Blessing The greatest treasure for people living in the world is parental blessing. Similarly, the greatest blessing in the life of a monk is that…
June 19, 2020 Practical Tips: How to Make the Right Choice of an Orthodox Spouse? First of all, you should figure out what Orthodoxy is for him/her. To begin with, it is enough to look at the pages of…
June 17, 2020 Holy Fathers on Marriage As it is impossible that a man who is chaste despises his wife and ever neglects her, so it is impossible that a man…
June 9, 2020 Do We Need Monogamy in Today’s World? Myth Monogamy is outdated. Religious demands for loyalty made sense when there were no effective remedies for unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, and…