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…
November 29, 2019 Cure for Mistakes We all make many mistakes. Mistakes for which after (or immediately) we have to pay dearly. Which we have to correct painfully for a…
November 29, 2019 Martyred Guardian of Jacob’s Well Martyrdom and death for Christ is not only the privilege of the Christians who lived in the age of bloody persecution under the Roman…
November 28, 2019 Benedictine Monastery on Mount Athos? Each Orthodox person has heard about the Holy Mount Athos and about its famous monasteries, which never cease to bring the fruits of holiness…
November 28, 2019 St. Paisius (Velichkovsky) on Fasting St. Paisius (1722-1794) was born Peter Velichkovsky in Poltava, Ukraine, to a priestly family. At age thirteen he entered the Kiev Theological School with…
November 27, 2019 Ephebiphobia: Fear of our Teens and Youth I will break the ice. Hi! My name is Fr. Sampson Kasapakis. My favorite color is blue. If I could become any superhero, I…
November 27, 2019 Recommendations for Baking Prosphoras at Home We decided to prepare this piece in response to a comment to one of our blog posts. A reader complained that when he bakes…
November 26, 2019 Who Is My Neighbor? Why is the protagonist of the well-known parable about the merciful Samaritan, told by Christ at the end of His public ministry, a Samaritan,…
