July 14, 2020 Getting Married I was 27. I had a good job, a higher education (and a half), and a cat. I wanted to get married. I accidentally…
July 13, 2020 Why Do Our Children Become Out of Control? Once again they will say that this monk should mind his own business, but nowadays it is a crime for anyone to keep quiet…
July 12, 2020 The Holy Apostles Rocky Johnson and Paul On July 12 we celebrate the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. The usual icon for the feast shows them united, embracing in…
July 11, 2020 Saint Paisius the Athonite: Reasoning is the Salt of Virtue We need reasoning in everything that we do, so that it pleases God, and in every virtue so that it is really a virtue….
July 11, 2020 The Ministry of Subdeacons This article is devoted to the ministry of subdeacons – the highest degree of lower clergy, followed by the actual three-tier hierarchy of the…
July 10, 2020 Can I Pray for Animals? In the Book of the Prophet Joel, we read: “The beasts of the field cry also unto Thee…” (1:20). Therefore, if God accepts their…
July 10, 2020 The Usual Beginning of Prayers This article will deal with the topic of the usual beginning of the divine services. What is the meaning and purpose of these initial…
July 9, 2020 “My Daughter Was Dying in My Arms, I Asked St. Luke to Help” – a Real Happening in a Moscow Hospital At 9 months, my daughter got whooping cough. And a month later, during Christmas days, health complications appeared. I called an ambulance – a…
July 9, 2020 May I Enter the Church Wearing Shorts? I guess it is allowed in exceptional cases. For example, you were driving in a car and you need to light up a candle…
July 8, 2020 Martyr Alban of Britain On July 5 the Church celebrates the memory of the Holy Martyr Alban of Verulamium. St. Alban has not been very well known to…
July 7, 2020 Wonders of Saint John of Shanghai Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco occupies a special place in my life. Despite the fact that I am not called his name,…
July 7, 2020 The Seal of the Prophets The importance of John the Baptizer may be gauged by the amount of paint and ink the Church spends on him. His portrait is…
