June 7, 2018 What Is the Meeting with God and How Does It Happen? When the Lord’s grace touches a person and he understands that it is his personal meeting with God, it is just impossible to express…
June 6, 2018 St. Paisios the Hagiorite: Advice When Choosing a Profession – Geronda, some parents force their children to choose the same profession as they did. Often they do it rather persistently. – They…
June 5, 2018 Steps of Repentance, or What Made Apostle Peter Sad? Why did Apostle Peter feel sad after hearing the Savior ask him “Do you love me?” for the third time? Why does the Greek…
June 4, 2018 “I Think My Marriage is a Mistake. What Should I Do?” Question: Dear Father Andrew! I have a question. My husband and I got married, but I cannot say that I love him very much….
June 1, 2018 Sunday of All Saints: a Sermon by Archbishop Andrew (Rymarenko) Brothers and sisters! Last week the Holy Church placed flowers in our hands, as if saying to us: See how soulless nature is obedient…
June 1, 2018 The Interrelation of Eucharist and Marriage: The Mission of the Parish in Forming Communicants and Spouses in Holiness Eucharist and holy matrimony are foundational practices of the Orthodox Church, obviously celebrated with great frequency. Unfortunately, many communicants and spouses do not perceive…
May 31, 2018 “People Call Themselves Orthodox, but Do not See Their Close Ones’ Sufferings” The Church is the union, the formation in this world, which cannot be destroyed, which cannot be defeated by the gates of hell because…
May 31, 2018 A Modern Day Miracle of St. Nicholas at Sea I heard this story from Hieromonk Theophylact, a monk of the Pskov Caves Monastery, during the latter half of the 1980s. He was told…
May 30, 2018 Does the Name Somehow Influence the Character of a Person? Question: Can the name influence one’s character? I was always sure that the books about the meaning of names were something of the horoscope’s…
May 28, 2018 Having the Grace of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:9-19; Matthew 18:10-20) To comfort His disciples, the Lord told them that it would be better for them if he ascended Heavens…
May 24, 2018 Should We Be Afraid of God? “You shall fear the Lord your God”, – says the commandment of Moses (Deuteronomy 6:13). Then it will be repeated in psalms, in the…
May 23, 2018 Fr. Stephen Freeman: “The Christian Community that We All Need” I once read that the Russian instinct, when under pressure, was to gather with other people, while the American instinct was to flee. Thus,…
