September 18, 2020 Why Is Fear an Enemy of Faith? To have faith means to trust the Lord and to sense His living presence in one’s life. Faith brings us our inner peace, tranquillity…
September 17, 2020 What We Give to God, He Returns to Us a Hundredfold, not Only in the Future Life, but Also in the Present A word about the young man who added ten golden coins of his own as he was forging a cross for a patrician There…
September 17, 2020 The Pisidia* Icon of the Mother of God Feast day: September 16 HISTORY OF THE ICON The Pisidia Myrrh-streaming Icon of the Mother of God became famous for its great miracles in…
September 16, 2020 St Procopius of Sazava* On September 29 by old calendar Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of the Venerable Procopius, hegumen of Sazava, a saint of the ancient…
September 16, 2020 What Does the Word “Gehenna” Mean? Most English Bibles translate three different Greek words as “Hell,” but these terms do not all mean the same thing. The word “Hades” (ᾅδης)…
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…
