December 21, 2019 Fr. Andrey Lemeshonok: Following Jesus Along the Narrow Path Our time today is not a time of open persecution but it is a time when we can betray God for the sake of…
December 21, 2019 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: They Sideline God Today People of our era have not survived either war nor famine. “And we do not need God”, – they say. They have everything and…
December 20, 2019 Who Is This St. Consumo? I was walking around a big store in July, and I wondered how they made enough money to keep the staff around. There was…
December 20, 2019 Does a Man Need To Be a Macho? Women often cite masculinity as one of the main qualities of a real man. What is it? How important is it? What makes a…
December 19, 2019 There Is a St. Nicholas! The question, “Is there a Santa Claus?” has led by association to the question, “Was there a St. Nicholas?” among secular historians. The issue…
December 19, 2019 Theophanes the Greek The development of Russian culture in the Middle Ages is characterized by the active development of church architecture. Newly built temples had to be…
December 18, 2019 The Holy Apostle Andrew’s Commemoration Day On the day of commemoration of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called, we congratulated the spiritual father of the convent on his Patron saint’s day…
December 18, 2019 The Mystery of Vestments on the Icons of the Savior Iconography is a unique phenomenon in medieval art that carries one’s consciousness away into the spiritual world. Everything matters: not only the image itself…
December 18, 2019 Three Questions for the Spiritual Father Question: Father Andrew, I would like to hear your opinion about meditation, yoga. Is it a sin to study the work of the Vedic…
December 17, 2019 Saint Theophan the Recluse: How to Keep Righteousness in Family Life The Attitude of The Mother-In-Law to A Newly-Married Daughter-In-Law However, I am writing to you to ease your concerns; “what kind of person she…
December 17, 2019 Is the Septuagint More Reliable than the Hebrew Text of the Old Testament? In the “Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs” of 1848, which was a reply to the epistle of Pope Pius IX, “To the Easterns,” the…
December 17, 2019 On Physical Labor If Adam had a passport-like document, it would have stated “married” in the section Marital Status, the word “Paradise” would have been in the…
