February 19, 2019 Fr. Lawrence Farley: “We’re All Dying, Aren’t We?” “We’re all dying, aren’t we?” These words could have come from the lips of any thoughtful philosopher from the days of Marcus Aurelius on….
February 17, 2019 Spiritual Father’s Advice: How to Deal with Feeling Uncomfortable About Your Body? Question: How can I cope with feeling uncomfortable about my body? I dislike my face, and it really bothers me. I can’t get a…
February 17, 2019 Publican and Pharisee: The One Who Humbles His Heart Will Be Exalted Jesus said this parable: Two men went down to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee…
February 13, 2019 Dried Fish Phenomenon or How Secularism Affects Our Spiritual Life Do fish know what wetness is or that they are wet? Obviously not, because they have never experienced what it is to be dry—or…
February 12, 2019 “Don’t Know What to Do? You Have Everything You Need for Your Salvation!” People ask me, “How should I live? Where should I go? What sacred object should I kiss? What should I read?” Of course, people…
February 10, 2019 “I Take Your Sin On Myself”: What All-Forgiving Love Means There are testimonies of all-forgiving love of the great abbot of Optina Pustyn Monastery towards weak brothers and members of clergy who would sometimes…
February 8, 2019 Spiritual Father’s Advice: “How Do I Deal with Non-Christian Colleagues?” Are Affirmations Sinful? Q: Dear Father Andrew, I’d like to know if affirmations (i.e., short statements containing a verbal formula, which is repeated multiple times…
February 8, 2019 How Christians Should Use Their Free Time in Terms of Modern World Most probably the inventors of the internet‚ which modestly started as a small information sharing network‚ did not hope‚ even in their wildest dreams‚…
February 7, 2019 An Orthodox Response to the Abortion Tragedy Happened in New York This Homily was given at a Baptismal Divine Liturgy on the Sunday after Sanctity of Life Sunday (2019), after the State of New…
February 5, 2019 Cain’s Wife: Where Did She Come from? She would have to be another descendant of Adam’s – a sister or cousin to Cain. Incest? So it seems. We should ask, though:…
February 4, 2019 Choosing between Asceticism and Pleasure If I was to ask any Christian what is more detrimental to your spiritual life, asceticism or pleasure, I think the answer would be…
January 31, 2019 14 Facts about Christ and Almsgiving from Three Holy Hierarchs The Orthodox Church celebrates the Synaxis of Three Holy Hierarchs – Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom – on January 30. Those…
