December 4, 2018 Orthodoxy in the United States, Firsthand Interview with Sister Margarete (Roeber), a nun at the Holy Assumption Monastery in Calistoga, California. With the blessing of her abbess, Mother…
December 2, 2018 What Was the Fruit That Adam and Eve Ate? And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the…
November 30, 2018 Christmas Memories from the Catalog of Good Deeds: “It Was in a Baptist Church that I First Learned about Christmas” Dear friends! The Catalog of Good Deeds team starts a new series of personal stories devoted to the Feast of the Nativity. Our brothers…
November 29, 2018 How Advent and Christmas Are Losing Their Sense in the Modern World So… they’ve taken Christmas out of Christmas and put it in Advent, and they’ve taken Christ out of Advent, except it’s not really Advent…
November 10, 2018 Sister Lyubov Aleinikova: Becoming an Orthodox Christian and a Sister of Mercy This section is about the people who are part of our Convent. We at Saint Elisabeth Convent are one big family, and it’s a…
October 17, 2018 Patriotism: What Role Does It Play for Orthodox Christians and Their Faith? We’re all for it! Patriotism is a good thing: loving, treasuring one’s homeland and people, a sense of belonging, our own way of doing…
September 25, 2018 A Word of Spiritual Advice from Mount Athos Labour as Prayer Your Convent helps many people. We pray that the Lord empowers you to keep up your good work because it is…
September 21, 2018 “Icon is the Window into the Kingdom of Heaven”: an Interview with the Head of the Icon Painting Workshop of St. Elisabeth Convent The Reverend Sergius Nezhbort, who is a priest of our Convent and the head of our Icon Painting Studio, is our guest today. We…
September 20, 2018 St. Nil of Stolobensk and the Danger of Blasphemy in Our Life Blasphemy is a terrible sin! Every time people joke about sacred objects or actions, lack proper reverence for the saints and all that has…
September 18, 2018 If You Want Your Children to Change, Change Yourselves She thanks the Lord not only for joys but also for sorrows. Anna has had more than her fair share of sorrows in the…
September 13, 2018 Personal Story: Being a Black Orthodox Christian I have a friend who is considering becoming an Orthodox Christian. She is African-American and is concerned that by joining the Orthodox Church that…
September 12, 2018 Elder Nikolai Gurianov: Being the Father of Many Don’t you worry, don’t be anxious: Time of happiness will bloom! Just you wait and just be patient: The award will find you soon….
