December 4, 2019 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh on Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple There are feasts in which the power lies in the event being remembered; it is the event itself that is important, significant, and decisive…
December 4, 2019 A Special Day for Special Children One November day became special for children of the boarding home. Kids visited Women’s Rehabilitation Center, where after the Liturgy they had an opportunity…
December 3, 2019 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: We Need Self-Reproach, Not Despair – Father, is it easy for a person, who have just started his spiritual way, to have deep awareness of his sinfulness? When we…
December 3, 2019 How Can a Christian Child Survive in the World? The relationship between religious children and the world, or rather between children from Christian families and their non-religious peers, is a challenging topic. The…
December 3, 2019 Mary, the Ever-Virgin? Recently, a friend e-mailed me and asked if Orthodox Christians believe that Mary was “perpetually a virgin.” The short answer is, yes! The long…
December 2, 2019 Elder Porphyrios’ Miracles: A Spring Speaking of the spiritual gifts of the Elder Porphyrios, Elder Paisius the Hagiorite, another world-famous Greek elder, said: ” He has a color TV,…
December 2, 2019 Medicine for the Heart One medicine for the heart, is the use of a “Prayer Rule.” This “Rule” is of the utmost importance, for the prayer rule helps…
December 1, 2019 “I Flew Out of the Rear Window to the Roadway”: A Bishop Recounts a Miracle From His Childhood It was a hot July day in 1963. My father and I took a taxi to drive along the Neva along the Palace Embankment…
December 1, 2019 Forgiveness Requires Courage Anyone who has experienced forgiving another human being recognizes that the act of loosening our grip and extending our hand that has recently been…
November 30, 2019 The Symbolism of a Phelonion Ecclesiastical objects are full of symbolism. Why is that? Each symbol carries a Christian message and reminds us of Jesus and His Gospel. We…
November 30, 2019 What is Christian Love in Marriage? What is Christian love in a marriage? What role does it play? And how is a believer meant to “build” this love? Alexander Tkachenko,…
November 29, 2019 The Point of the Fast: To Win Back the Occupied Territory Each fast is a military campaign. We oppose the enemy in order to win our territory back, if not all of it, then at…
