April 2, 2021 Matrix vs. You I remember physics and chemistry lessons teaching us that everything in the world interacts with and has an effect on everything else. Forces of…
March 30, 2021 Should a Person with Health Problems Be Forcing Himself to Make Bows? Part 1 Should a person with health problems be forcing himself to make bows? It is hardly prayer that a person thinks of when…
March 29, 2021 Why Are So Many Bows Performed during Great Lent? “Why bow so often? This is a temple, not a gym!” Neophyte Christians are sometimes indignant when they come to services of Great Lent….
March 19, 2021 When Your Adolescent Refuses to Fast — Advice to Parents When your son or daughter has become an adolescent, the situation may already be beyond repair. By that, I mean that it is too…
March 5, 2021 Interpreting Psalm 137: Part 2 (Closing) Part 1 An outstanding example of literary text from the Holy Scripture, Psalm 137 begins with one of the saddest-sounding lines of the entire…
March 4, 2021 I Have Heard That The Church Condemns Money Lending. Does This Mean That I Should Not Be Opening A Savings Account? Lending money with interest (or usury) is not simply condemned by the church; it is unambiguously and clearly prohibited by the Holy Scriptures. Deuteronomy,…
March 4, 2021 Is There a Need to Consecrate an Apartment after a Person’s Death? Q: Do I need to somehow “clean” or consecrate my apartment after my family member died in it? I have heard that you can’t…
February 26, 2021 Interpreting Psalm 137: Why Weep by the Rivers of Babylon, and Whose Infants Were Dashed against the Rocks? Part 1. Causes of the Babylonian captivity Preparation for the Great Lent has begun. The Church attunes its followers to this salvific journey of…
February 22, 2021 Sex and Teenagers Anita Wood Brewer was Elvis Presley’s girlfriend from 1957-1962. The cultural understanding of sex and dating was drastically different in the 1950’s and the…
February 16, 2021 Is It a Sin to Feel Happy? The feeling of happiness, like any other human feeling, is quite subjective. If we look at it impartially, without regard to its content, then…
February 6, 2021 Do I need to Bow Down to the Ground During the Proclamation “The Holy Gifts, for the Holy people of God”? Question: Every time during the liturgy, when the priest proclaims “The Holy Gifts, for the Holy people of God”, I watch almost the entire…
January 26, 2021 Is It True that Chess Is a Demons’ Game? At first sight, opposition to chess on religious grounds seems a strange proposition. Today, chess is a popular pastime and sport, just as football…
