March 13, 2020 Awards for Priests in the Russian Orthodox Church. Part Two We described the first five awards given to a priest for selfless service to God in the first part of the article. We covered…
March 12, 2020 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: The Example Speaks for Itself – Geronda, should people living a spiritual life in the world show to unbelievers that they are fasting? – If we are talking about…
March 12, 2020 A Special Feat of Wearing Verigi Christian ascetics and fools-for-Christ have been wearing shackles under their clothes on their naked bodies since ancient times in order to subdue their flesh…
March 11, 2020 Why an Icon Is Not a Portrait of a Saint The icon always depicts a person: there is not a single icon that is not anthropological in its content. Even Angels are portrayed as…
March 11, 2020 Why We Will Never Have a Face to Face Encounter with the Devil? I sat in my New Testament class wondering about this professor. He was talking about how Jesus had committed an ethical flaw. He cast…
March 10, 2020 Did Pushkin Change the Original of Saint Ephrem the Syrian’s Prayer? O Lord and Master of my life, grant me not a spirit of sloth, restlessness (despondency), love of power, and idle talk. But give…
March 10, 2020 The Secret of Happiness I’ve known these guys for at least 15 years. When they told me about the boarding home for children with special needs and I…
March 9, 2020 The Truth About the Lent. How to Fast Without Fooling Yourself? No matter how many exalted words we say about fasting in general and the Great Lent in particular, the truth remains closed to many….
March 9, 2020 Little Alla And the Big Padlock: On the Modern Life of the St. Thecla-Holy Dormition Convent in Russia Having visited the Convent of St. Thecla and the Dormition, situated in the village of Senino not far from Optina Monastery in Russia’s Kaluga region, I was…
March 8, 2020 Archimandrite Andrew Konanos on Small Efforts for the Lord Do you know what I like to watch? When I go to church on Sunday morning, I see people on the street (at such…
March 8, 2020 Troparion and Prayer to the Holy Confessor Nicholas (Mogilevsky) We have translated troparion and prayer to the Holy Confessor Nicholas (Mogilevsky), Metropolitan of Alma-Ata at the request of one of our readers. Troparion…
March 7, 2020 The Key to the Treasure Mark 2:23-3:5 Hebrews 1:1-12 Today is the first Saturday of Lent. The first week has already passed, and the Church does not stop caring…
