July 29, 2019 Becoming Spiritual Beings Is the True Aim of Our Faith St. Seraphim of Sarov, in his conversation with Motovilov, says that “Acquiring the Holy Spirit of God is the true aim of the Christian Life.” All…
July 27, 2019 Is Our Idea of What Sin Really Is Right? “You sinner!” The preacher thundered from the pulpit in our small Pentecostal church, and, as a 10-year-old boy, he had me convinced. Yep, I…
July 27, 2019 The Main Spiritual Advice to All Believers from His Beatitude Onufriy – Your Beatitude, which main spiritual advice would you give to our readers on the day of your namesake from the perspective of your…
July 26, 2019 Is Aaron’s Blessing Preserved in the Church? When the Lord commanded Moses to build the Tabernacle of the Covenant and put Aaron as high priest over Israel, the Lord ordered Aaron…
July 26, 2019 Was There Really the Garden of Eden? The garden of Eden, the place where God dwells with his divine council, is known in Greek translation as Paradise. The word Paradise is…
July 25, 2019 Should a Christian Seek a Just Retribution? Question: We often hear in sermons that God is patient and does not punish many of sinners. And Christians are ordered to forgive those…
July 25, 2019 What Does ‘Progress’ in a Marriage Mean? How is your marriage progressing? This simple question is a way of focusing our attention on right-thinking about progress and the Christian life. I…
July 23, 2019 The Story of Mary Alexopoulou: Why Did the Singer Decide to Become a Nun? The story of Mary Alexopoulou, a successful musician of the 1960’s and who today is an abbess named Theonymphi (tr. Bride of God), can…
July 22, 2019 Can There Be Something Really “Unclean”? The preacher was telling the story of the plight of those in biblical times who suffered from leprosy. They were social outcasts and had…
July 15, 2019 Partaking of Divine Glory through the Jesus Prayer This divine prayer, which consists of the invocation of the name of our Savior Jesus Christ, specifically “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have…
July 14, 2019 Practical Tips: Spiritual Electric Point and Christian Morality Christian morality in a very rough way means that people should feel better being near to you than away from you. This is the…
July 14, 2019 Short Teachings of St. Simeon of Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery This year, on July 14, the ROC celebrates commemoration of the Synoxis of the Holy Fathers of Pskovo-Pechersk Monastery. A selection of edifications of…
