September 15, 2020 A Story of a Muslim Man Saving an Orthodox Saint ‘We all need to help one another. God said that I needed to help you, to save your life,’ said the Tatar. ‘How did…
September 15, 2020 Prohibition Was Introduced in This Russian Monastery Village Kostylevo, Sverdlovsk region. Half a thousand kilometers to Yekaterinburg. A little more than 10 years ago, a monastery was established here — Kosminskaya…
September 14, 2020 Main Reason of Retreating from God Backslide from God does not happen overnight. It happens when a person stops too early on the way of getting to know God. This…
September 14, 2020 Saint Ciaran, Abbot of Clonmacnoise in Ireland St. Ciaran (Kieran) of Clonmacnoise is known as “Ciaran the Younger”. He was born in about 512 (about 516 is also found) to the family of…
September 13, 2020 Why Would the Lord Want to Interfere with Man’s Free Choices? Q: Why would the Lord want to interfere with man’s free choices? Adam and Eve made a free decision – they committed the original…
September 13, 2020 On the Julian Calendar, Church Tradition, and Standing for the Faith Christmas and New Year is a time when many Orthodox Christians who follow the Julian (old) calendar wonder why they do so; or rather,…
September 12, 2020 Alleluia before the Gospel Reading and the Alleluia Verses Before the Holy Gospel is read at the liturgy, we hear a lingering solemn chant. Alleluia is performed on different melodies (tones) and interspersed…
September 12, 2020 Can a Christian Be Demon-Possessed? Believe it or not, I am sometimes asked the question “Can a Christian be demon-possessed?” Not often, admittedly, since our culture declares that demons…
September 12, 2020 Beheading of Saint John the Forerunner in Iconography In the Orthodox calendar, few saints have as many feast days as Saint John the Forerunner. Several events in the annual liturgical circle are…
September 11, 2020 Icon of Panagia ‘Weeps’ in Athens According to reports from clergy of Agios Dimitrios Church in Vyronas, southeast of Athens, an icon of the Virgin Mary miraculously begun streaming tears….
September 11, 2020 The Parable of the Growing Seed and Its Meaning to Our Lives Mark 4:24 – 34 2 Corinthians 12:20–13:2 The Lord gave the following description of the Kingdom of Heaven: “This is what the kingdom of…
September 11, 2020 Testimony of the Miracles Performed by the Venerable Adrian of Ondrusov 1. Miraculous delivery from a Swedish raid During the dark years of the 17th century, the Monastery of Saint Adrian of Ondrusov was raided…
