September 17, 2018 Who Brings Us to Christ? Growing up I was blessed to have many mentors and guides in the Faith. One of my role models was, and continues to be,…
August 24, 2018 Elder Paisios on Children, Their Joys and Difficulties Q: I’ve noticed, Elder, that sometimes babies smile at the time of Divine Liturgy. A: They don’t do that only at the Divine Liturgy….
August 21, 2018 Teach Your Children Well: the Greatest Danger Our Children Face Today All parents in every generation worry about their kids, and try to keep them safe. They not only do this by not letting them…
August 7, 2018 How Could We Teach Our Children to Fast? Teaching children to fast is very basic in an Orthodox Christian upbringing, like teaching them to pray. The question of when and how strictly…
August 2, 2018 What to Do When Your Child States a Conflict Between Church and Science Problem: While on Christmas vacation from college, my daughter told me that one of her professors said that sex outside marriage was not against…
July 31, 2018 An Orthodox Perspective on the Problem of Child Abuse An apparently new social concern has risen in our days which highlights the abuse of children. Child abuse is generally understood in our day…
July 29, 2018 A Family Story of Coming back to the Source I am 51 years old and my wife is 48. We have been married 29 years and have two grown daughters and two grandsons….
July 24, 2018 What We Should Know to Teach Our Children to Pray Firstly, it’s necessary to know and understand that children are not adults. The worldview of children differs quite strongly from that of adult’s. Adults…
July 20, 2018 How to Entertain Our Children at Summer Time and Prevent Them from Getting Bored School’s out. No more early mornings. No more homework or after school activities, no more rushing around. Everyone’s finally able to relax, until suddenly,…
July 9, 2018 8 Tips for Christian Parents on Raising Children in Today’s World Thirty-six years ago, I was blessed to marry a wonderful man. My husband, Jim, and I have two grown children and two beautiful grandchildren….
July 8, 2018 St. John Chrysostom on Motherhood and Mother’s Prayer As someone who studies motherhood and theology and who has five children myself, fellow Orthodox mothers often ask me if I can point…
July 5, 2018 “Save our Childhood!” or How Our Workaholism Affects Our Children “My mother has a difficult job, and although she likes it overall, she works late, and after a day’s work she doesn’t even have…
