October 27, 2022 The Spiritual Legacy of Eldress Sepphora: A Way of Life That Leads to Holiness It is amazing how the Lord uses saints with their different destinies, special gifts and unique experience of the Christian knowledge to reveal to…
October 25, 2022 The Locus of the Image of God in Man: the Body, the Soul, or Both? The Scripture teaches us that God created man in His image: “in the image of God He created him” (Genesis 1:27). But what constitutes…
October 23, 2022 How Is Satan, the Prince of This World? And Why Are These Biblical Lines Misunderstood? In the Gospel, the Lord calls Satan the prince of this world. We hear this formula so often that we tend to misunderstand its…
October 19, 2022 Gifts from the Mother of God: 2 Stories of Miracles from Saint Paisios of the Holy Mountain Elder Paisios shared this story. “It was the Dormition Fast. The liturgy was over, and my elder sent me on an obedience. I was…
October 14, 2022 3 Parables: Sons, Fathers and the Kingdom of God I heard from someone this story about an old widow from Uzic who died thirty years ago. She was rich but insatiably greedy. She…
October 14, 2022 Why Do Some of Christ’s Parables Involve Business? Several parables of Christ use examples from trade and commerce We heard one of them recently in our gospel reading on 2 October, the…
October 14, 2022 The Bright Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God The bright feast of the Protection of the Mother of God! It is a witness to us of the great glory with which the…
October 12, 2022 Top 10 Christmas Gift Ideas Christmas brings magic to our homes. It fulfils our dreams and makes miracles happen. Gift-giving is our way to keep its magic and miracles…
October 11, 2022 The Story Behind the Jesus Prayer The Jesus Prayer is a treasure of the Holy Tradition of the Orthodox Church. It reaffirms in succinct form the two central tenets of…
October 10, 2022 My Miracle of Healing by the Prayers of Saint Sergius of Radonezh It happened to me in August 2006. I was on holiday at my summerhouse near Sergiev Posad, working on my novel “Last Link.” Unexpectedly,…
October 9, 2022 Saving the Honourable Head of Saint Sergius of Radonezh – a 20th Century Adventure The relics of saints are evocations of eternal life for believers and mysteries for scientists. Christians have collected them, often at risk to their…
October 4, 2022 The Church Condemns Usury. Is It a Sin, Then, to Own a Bank Deposit? Usury is a sin in the eyes of the church and also in the teachings of the Holy Scripture. The Bible condemns usury clearly…
