October 13, 2020 1280 0 Saint Silouan the Athonite and His Experience of Confronting Demonic Powers Quite a lot has been said about him, and I’m unlikely to write something new here. When you read the lives or works of…
October 13, 2020 271 0 I Met an Angel at Jordanville Once I met an angel at Jordanville once. That angel took the time to correct and challenge me to see the beauty, the holiness, in every person…
October 12, 2020 100 0 We Need to Pray with Every Prayer About different prayers Luke 4: 22-30 Ephesians 6: 18-24 Finding the best way to pray often becomes a topic of debate. The apostle says:…
October 12, 2020 234 0 Saint Edwin of Northumbria, King and Martyr, and Saint Ethelburgh, Queen and Abbess of Lyminge By the time of the repose of St. Augustine of Canterbury in 604 there was only one kingdom in the whole of England that…
October 11, 2020 492 1 Elder Nikolay Guryanov’s Spiritual Counsels “Our life is blessed… A God’s gift… We have a treasure in us – our souls. If we preserve it in this temporary world,…
October 11, 2020 237 0 Do not Deprive God of an Opportunity to Save You Some time ago we received a difficult question, “How to overcome the fear of death”. We asked Archpriest Igor Fomin to answer this letter….
October 10, 2020 146 0 Bells of the Holy Danilov Monastery in Moscow Bells have been used In the Christian tradition since the fourth century. For ages bell-ringing has been a way to gather believers in the…
October 10, 2020 632 0 What is the Meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles? Q: “What is the meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles?” A: The feast of Tabernacles (or Booths) was one the three great feasts of…
October 9, 2020 656 0 Controversy around the Prayer of the Cherubikon Сatapetasma Prayer Cherubic Hymn is among many believers’ favorite chants of the Orthodox liturgy. Some even tend to consider that moment to be the…
October 9, 2020 266 0 How an Orthodox Priest Saved Jews from the Holocaust The Holocaust is the mass genocide of Jews during the Second World War. During this time, the Nazis killed about 6 million people. The…