July 14, 2021 Why Does the Priest Immerse His Fingers into Baptismal Water and Blow on It? Consecrating the water is the high point in the Sacrament of Baptism. Before we start this complex conversation, let us try to answer the…
July 14, 2021 Whatever Happened to Psalm 58? The 1962 edition of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer is very interesting. Along with the usual services of Morning and Evening Prayer and Holy Communion…
July 5, 2021 Is Praying to Mary and the Saints Really Okay? When I first began to investigate Orthodoxy, my main stumbling block to conversion was prayer to Mary and the saints. My Protestant formation had…
July 3, 2021 Why Does Jesus Never Call Himself God? And Since He Is, How Can He Be Human at the Same Time? Modern readers of the Bible are often let down by their ignorance of the Old Testament Jewish culture and the biblical context. The Jews…
June 29, 2021 Thoughts on Pentecost: Why Do We Need Church and Is It Possible to “Believe in the Soul”? On the day of Pentecost, I would like to say a few words about the significance of the Church. Orthodox Christians are not always…
June 27, 2021 Can Sacred Tradition Be Wrong? Scripture says about itself that it is inspired by God (2 Tim. 3:16), but in no place does it say that there can be…
June 22, 2021 How Can Relatives of a Suicide Help? There is a false belief that church commemoration of suicides is allowed on Saturday before the feast of the Holy Trinity, dedicated to Remembrance…
June 16, 2021 Children’s Questions. What Language did Adam and Eve Speak to Each Other in Paradise? As we all know, our forefathers broke their promise to God and sinned by eating the forbidden fruit (which turned them into sinful and…
June 15, 2021 What Are the Causes of Our Illnesses, and Can We Be Happy Nevertheless? The Holy Scripture introduces us to the notion of disease when it speaks about Adam and Eve’s expulsion from Paradise. In the Book of…
June 4, 2021 Infidelity in Marriage — How Should a Christian Respond? On the face of it, the answer is clear and straightforward. Christ preached the sanctity and indestructibility of marriage, and He also viewed adultery…
June 2, 2021 Why Are Relics of Saints Divided into Particles and Who Divides Them? You can find pieces of relics of various saints in any church. They symbolize the prayerful presence of the deceased saint, to whom the…
June 1, 2021 How to Find Hope in Our Loneliness The question that we received from one of our readers is relevant to many of us today. What might we say to someone who is…
