February 27, 2020 “There Was Such a Choice: Either the Death of a Mother, Or the Death of a Child” – the Story of a Priest About Hopelessness and About a Miracle It happened a few years ago. In the evening after the service, about seven o’clock, I was walking from the altar to the exit…
February 27, 2020 Children and the Lent When I was a child, the beginning of the Lent was marked by our going to our village church, where we changed white towels…
February 26, 2020 Sister Joanna (Reitlinger) One of the last icons painted by Sister Joanna (Julia Reitlinger) was The Walking on Waters, and her whole life was, in fact, such…
February 25, 2020 What Did St. Ephrem the Syrian, the Author of the Most Famous Repentant Prayer, Repent of? All Orthodox Christians know Saint Ephrem the Syrian as an outstanding ascetic and one of the most authoritative interpreters of the Holy Scriptures in…
February 25, 2020 Where Does the Practice of Processions in Times of Public Disasters Come From? Whenever we face any public calamity, such as drought, or flood, or hail, which devastates our fields by God’s permission; or fires, or mudslides,…
February 25, 2020 The Apostle Jude on Dreams and Dreamers Luke 22:39-42; 45-23, 1 Jude 1:1-1 Speaking of the wicked, ancient and new, the Apostle Jude surprisingly calls them “dreamers”. He gives examples of…
February 24, 2020 The Last Judgment – What Is a Church? Today is commonly known as Meatfare Sunday, the last day to eat meat before Pascha; it’s western equivalent used to be Carnival (from Latin…
February 24, 2020 Unusual Icons of Saints That Few Know About The painting of a new icon – be it a copy of a known sample or a new image – is akin to its…
February 24, 2020 A Treasury of Children The Boarding home for children is located close to St. Elisabeth Convent. The children who reside there are unable to take care of themselves…
February 23, 2020 Sacraments and Sinful Priests Question: I have a recent convert friend who is worried about the validity of his chrismation after the priest left the Church. What should…
February 23, 2020 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh on the Last Judgment In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. We remember the Day of the Last Judgment of the Lord…
February 22, 2020 Akathist to Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow Kontakion 1 To thee, the steadfast champion of the Holy Orthodox Faith, do we, thy spiritual children, offer hymns of praise and thanksgiving, mindful…
