June 6, 2020 What Does the Image of a Cross with Branches Mean? At church, we can often see the image of the Cross of the Lord without the figure of the crucified Christ. The tree comes…
June 6, 2020 Archimandrite Andrew (Konanos): Your Faith Becomes Cold If You Avoid the Divine Liturgy Go to the temple of God to multiply your faith. Something wrong? Your computer broke down and you want to fix it? Ask Christ…
June 5, 2020 Resurrection of an Addict: A Miracle of Saint Gabriel Urgebadze This event took place on October 14, 1998 on the holiday of Svetitskhoveli in Mtskheta, the ancient capital of Georgia. George, its main character,…
June 5, 2020 Soul’s Own Circles or Absolute Value That Is Unmatched by Anything Mark 11:23-26 Ephesians 3:8-21 One day, the Lord said the following in response to the disciples’ astonishment that a barren fig tree had immediately…
June 4, 2020 May Orthodox Christians Eat Halal Food? When an ignorant person sees a product marked Halal on the counter, it is unlikely that he or she will pay any attention to…
June 4, 2020 Lost in the Forest. A Real Story That Took Place in Georgia Sergei Chitanava tells a story of his grandfather: My grandfather Nikoloz died four years ago at age 102. He was of sound mind and…
June 3, 2020 Inexhaustible Interest in Life: Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Queen Helena We had a discussion with friends over tea the other day about how interesting it is to be alive. This interest – not quite…
June 3, 2020 Schemamonk George from the Old Russikon, a Disciple of Elder Joseph the Hesychast Schemamonk George was a little-known ascetic, laboring in asceticism on Mt. Athos for twenty years. He was a disciple of the great Elder Joseph…
June 2, 2020 The Q: A Mysterious Collection of Jesus’s Sayings There is a theory that the Evangelists Luke and Matthew used a document with the sayings of Christ that has not survived to this…
June 2, 2020 Work and Spiritual Growth Recently I’ve run across a pretty surprising opinion. A man I respected claimed that his job impeded his spiritual growth. I mean, drawing endless…
June 2, 2020 Should Children Be Involved in Church Obedience? Kids look so sweet stepping out onto the ambo! How they try to do everything right, how tightly they hold candles! But few people…
June 1, 2020 Holy Fathers on Sickness You are afraid and confused in the spirit that cholera is approaching your area, and you are asking for my advice and encouragement….
