May 12, 2020 Advice to the Confused I suppose that most pastors have had the experience of a young parishioner approaching them privately and confiding in them their suspicion or decision…
May 11, 2020 Praying in the Difficult Times Have you ever gone through (or presently going through) a really difficult time in your life? It could be injuries from an accident or…
May 11, 2020 Archimandrite Andrew (Konanos): You Can Find a Convenient Confessor, but It Won’t Help You Find the true connection to God. The Lord says, “My child, I forgive you. If I have told you to forgive others up to…
May 10, 2020 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh: Responsible for the Paralyzed In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. How tragic today’s story of the life of Christ is. A man…
May 10, 2020 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos on Lack of Maternal Love Today, children “starve” for lack of maternal love. They do not even learn the mother’s native language, because the mother spends whole days at…
May 9, 2020 Why Did God Give Freedom of Choice to Fallen Man? Question: Please tell me why did God give free will and free choice to fallen man? For according to the holy fathers, people cannot…
May 9, 2020 Biblical Songs and Octoechos The Great Lent reminds us of the liturgical use of biblical songs, i. e., Old and New Testament hymns sung by the saints in the…
May 8, 2020 The Stained Glass Window of the Resurrection of Christ and other Wonders During the bright Easter days, when divine services in churches were held with the open Royal Door, the parishioners of the St. Sabbas the…
May 8, 2020 Omophorion The omophorion is an integral part of the bishop’s liturgical vestment. It is by this liturgical vestment that believers recognize holy hierarchs on icons….
May 7, 2020 Why Are Icons with the Same Name Not Alike? Iconography follows duplication of the icon – creating an image based on an existing one. We know that in ancient times, duplications were often…
May 7, 2020 Step Down, or What Dangers Await a Priest in Today’s World? The Path Without Compromise. The Internet today is full of various sharp publications or videos related to the clergy. Occasionally, priests themselves voice concerns…
May 6, 2020 Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God The Church tradition ascribes the Feodorovskaya icon of the Mother of God from Kostroma to the Evangelist Luke. The history of its discovery is…
