April 10, 2020 83 0 Archimandrite Andrew Konanos: What Does It Mean to Be a Servant of God? When you fast, you don’t come to God to tell Him: “I am doing this now. I want to get paid. I fasted, now…
April 10, 2020 556 0 Defrocking: the Main Reasons for the Removal from Sacred Orders Canons deprive laymen of the Chalice for grave sins for a certain period of time. If the same sin is committed by a clergyman,…
April 9, 2020 1479 1 The Plant World in Iconography We have already published an article explaining that the icon is anthropocentric (Why an Icon Is Not a Portrait of a Saint), but at…
April 9, 2020 180 0 Draw a Сross and Sleep Tight or How Can I Actually Make Difference to the Current Situation Many people wonder about what His Holiness Patriarch Kirill said during his sermon at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on March 29, 2020….
April 8, 2020 163 0 3 Stories about Danger “Come on!!! Everything everywhere is so bad!” I hear lots of my friends screaming. I have noticed that if in that case you say…
April 8, 2020 546 5 Saint Ambrose of Optina’s Advice about the Fear of God According to St. Ambrose, a Christian seeking salvation should put the fear of God at the heart of his life. The fear of God…
April 7, 2020 234 0 Imitating St Mary of Egypt in the Loneliness of Our Homes What is a desert as understood by the Holy Fathers? How to preserve peace in the family during isolation? Why is any end a…
April 7, 2020 81 0 Blessed Rather In the bad ol’ days when I was still highly resistant to what I now call “Holy Tradition” I was keen to sniff out…
April 6, 2020 255 0 Is It More Sinful to Smoke or Eat Meat During the Lent? Question: Good afternoon, Father. What is more sinful during Lent – eating meat or smoking? I understand that both are sinful, but still? Answer:…
April 6, 2020 485 6 Dying of the Communion Due to the recent events related to the spread of coronavirus, many priests in Russia urge that the flock should not go to churches…