September 25, 2018 Spiritual Father’s Advice: Should I Become a Therapist? Question: Good afternoon, Father Andrew. I would like to know if the Orthodox Church approves of Gestalt therapy because I plan to specialise in…
September 17, 2018 Fr. Andrew (Konanos): “We All Get What We Ask For” There was a young man who asked God to teach him to love the whole world impartially, without seeking his own profit. He wanted…
September 10, 2018 Why Are Some Children Born Ill? Question: Dear Father Andrew, your blessing. I am a mother of two. My younger son is 7 and he is autistic. I have a…
September 4, 2018 Are We to Blame for Our Relatives’ Problems? Question: Dear Father Andrew, I would like to hear the answer from our Lord through you. My mother was ill with cancer, and now…
August 31, 2018 Three Short Parables About People Who Left the Church Three parables about the people who left the Church because they had been hurt by tactless and rude people: 1. Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov…
August 30, 2018 How To Deal With an Alcoholic Relative Question: My son drinks heavily and keeps telling me that he doesn’t want to live any longer. He says, “I’m going to hang myself….
August 27, 2018 Is Monasticism the Only Way to Live a Pious Life? Fasting, praying, Church more than once a week, “take up your cross,” sacrifice… Do I have to be a monk? I have been asked…
August 26, 2018 “People Fight for Their Rights and Do Not Understand Their Neighbours” Ofttimes, I have to talk with people who are offended. They keep complaining and whining all the time… They just don’t look at themselves…
August 21, 2018 The Nature of Humility: A Conversation with Archpriest Demetrius Basalygo Both you and I have a long way to go to humility. We don’t know what humility is, for it is an attribute of the saints. Thankfulness…
August 20, 2018 6 Things You Can Learn for 20 years of Being Orthodox Christian Today marks the 20th anniversary of my reception into the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church — the Orthodox Church. I was just 22…
August 18, 2018 The Spiritual Life and How to Be Attuned To It We keep preparing for the spiritual life but never embark on it. We are waiting for the best time or the most appropriate day….
August 18, 2018 Why Is Asceticism so Important in Orthodox Tradition? When God created Adam and Eve, He gave them two commandments: (1) to tend and keep the garden, and (2) to abstain from eating…
