February 24, 2023 “The Doctor Said that I Had Fibroids… and that I Was Pregnant.” Story of a Woman Facing a Terrifying Choice Sometimes occasional conversations prove to be full of meaning. One day, looking for a home for a stray dog, I messaged a group for…
February 22, 2023 Why Our Catalogue Is More Than Just an Online Store Selling Church Supplies You have reached this page, so maybe you have donated to the Catalogue of St. Elizabeth Convent, or you are interested in church items…
February 15, 2023 Church Under Soviet Totalitarianism: Suppression, Resistance and Compliance The Soviet Union was a state seeking to destroy religion and create a completely secular society. However, the relationship between the state and the…
February 9, 2023 Four Goals for a Seriously Ill Person. What Is the Meaning of Suffering? The author of these lines, Dutch by origin, was born in Indonesia. She moved to London when she was young. She converted to Orthodoxy…
February 6, 2023 Time Travel 2003 Cincinnati, Ohio Almost 20 years ago, Tatiana Zhedik, one of our lay sisters, went to the USA for a summer job. As a…
January 31, 2023 The Practice of Exorcism in the Orthodox Church: History and the Present-Day Controversies In popular culture, exorcism is commonly associated with the Roman Catholic Church. In reality, this practice dates back thousands of years. In the undivided…
January 27, 2023 Prayer in Our Own Words: What the Christian Shepherds Say Question: If a believer finds that prayer in his own words allows him to achieve greater humility and repentance than a prayer from the…
January 23, 2023 Rules of Orthodox Christians on Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage Marriage is a God-given union of a man and a woman. The commandments regarding marriage were given in both the Old and New Testaments….
January 20, 2023 Setting an Orthodox Church Afloat in the Twentieth Century. Why Was It Necessary and How Was It Possible? We have already devoted one of our earlier articles to unusual shapes of Orthodox churches. This time we would like to tell you about…
January 11, 2023 Was John the Baptist a Member of the Qumran Community? The similarities between what we know about John the Baptist and the activities of the Qumran community beg the question: Was there not a…
January 4, 2023 Two World Famous Russian Emigrants who Carried the Beauty of Orthodoxy with Them While in Exile In the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Russian Empire ceased to exist, many prominent figures left their homeland. These people emigrated because…
December 30, 2022 Genealogy of Christ: What Are the Mysteries Behind the List of 42 Names This list of more than forty names includes both righteous and sinners. What were these people famous for? Why would a modern Christian want…
