December 4, 2020 To the Deniers of the Clergy People have been asking me how I would respond to someone who claims that that the clergy is not necessary and that they do…
November 24, 2020 Distinguishing the Desire to Help from the Desire to Please? Question: Could you please tell me how I can distinguish the desire to help someone from people-pleasing? If helping a person gives you an…
November 16, 2020 What to Do when Spiritual Life Becomes a Routine? Question: It worries me that I fulfil most of my duties as a believer, led by the principle “this has to be done”, sometimes…
November 16, 2020 Can You Be Too Virtuous? Is it possible to be excessively virtuous? The question might seem ridiculous and yet one can find in the Church Fathers comments saying even…
November 6, 2020 Prayers for the Dead in the Bible and in Tradition Question: Where do we find any evidence that praying for the dead is a biblical? From what I have read it appears that the…
November 3, 2020 Why Did God Curse the Earth if It Is Just Adam and Eve Who Have Sinned? Question: Why did the Lord curse the Earth, which He Himself had created? It is not the earth’s fault that Adam and Eve have…
November 2, 2020 If God Is Good, Then Why Is There So Much Evil in the World? Non-believers often ask: if God is good, then why is there so much evil in the world? Notably, when asked by, say, their faithful…
October 27, 2020 Is It Improper to Be Discussing Adverse Actions of a Priest? The times when priests were considered almost living saints or nearly celestials, thankfully, have sunk into oblivion. At the very least, today both believers…
October 26, 2020 How Monastics Acquire Their New Names What are the criteria for choosing names given to monks and priests? Can they influence the choice of their future names in one way…
October 23, 2020 Can I Consecrate a Cross Myself? Q: Is it possible to consecrate a cross by yourself at home, or is it still better to go to church and ask a…
October 22, 2020 How Did People Multiply after Cain and Abel? Q: Please tell me how people multiplied on earth after Adam and Eve? So God created man, called him Adam, and then God took…
October 13, 2020 What Can and What Cannot an Orthodox Christian Do on Holidays? “Remember the Sabbath day,” or, in layman language, “you can’t work on holidays,” is perhaps the most “popular” commandment both in the church environment…
