June 17, 2020 Holy Fathers on Marriage As it is impossible that a man who is chaste despises his wife and ever neglects her, so it is impossible that a man…
June 16, 2020 Was Jesus a Revolutionary? Myth Some people say that Jesus was a revolutionary and that because of this He was punished by the authorities. Therefore, it is…
June 16, 2020 The Relics Of The Saints One element of the practice of the Orthodox Church that is particularly troubling to many of those who are outside, particularly in contemporary Western…
June 15, 2020 King Solomon on Dealing with Fools He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner,…
June 14, 2020 Lives of Saints: the Evolution of the Genre This Sunday, the Church celebrates the memory of All Saints. I personally used to believe for a long time that saints weren’t unlike fairytale…
June 13, 2020 May an Orthodox Christian Celebrate Their Birthday? “It would be good to say a prayer to the Lord on your birthday. You should not just read it, but feel it” Bishop…
June 12, 2020 “Seven Times Shall He Rise Again” “So the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?’” (Jos 7:10) A man asked a…
June 12, 2020 The Desire For a Woman: Someone Else’s Wife vs. Your Own Wife Matthew 5:27-32 The apostle Paul continues to unravel the connection between the knowledge of God and morality. We find that after the coming of…
June 11, 2020 15 Quotations from Saint Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) Physical fast helps us to repent and be saved, because, as we have already seen, gluttony is the mother of all other passions and…
June 11, 2020 Why Do We Need Inscriptions On Frescoes and Icons? Text in church art provides a sacred passport of the image. If there is an inscription, there is an icon. If there is no…
June 10, 2020 Unknown Fact about a Known Icon According to some estimates, the number of venerated icons of the Blessed Virgin Mary is about seven hundred, many of them wonderworking – that…
June 9, 2020 Do We Need Monogamy in Today’s World? Myth Monogamy is outdated. Religious demands for loyalty made sense when there were no effective remedies for unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, and…
