November 10, 2019 Demons’ Properties Luke 8:26-39 Eph. 2:4-10 We find many examples of exorcism in the Gospel. However, the today’s reading reveals a particularly great deal about the…
November 10, 2019 We Are What We Eat: The Word of God vs The Word of the World When we read a Gospel lesson like Luke 8:26-39 , the Gadarene Demoniac, we can easily get the impression that demons commonly haunt the earth and that…
November 9, 2019 The Compilers of the Philokalia Answer the Opponents of Frequent Communion There was a certain crisis of the Eucharistic life in the Russian Orthodox Church during the Synodal era. People received communion only sporadically, on…
November 9, 2019 Saint Nektarios: His Life, Death and What Happened After That His Death On November 8 in 1920, Saint Nektarios the Wonderworker died. The miracles began immediately. Today he is the most revered Orthodox saint…
November 8, 2019 The Persecution and the Shelter of Lesna Convent Part 1 Part 2 Lesna Convent, which was founded once on blessing of two great elders, Saint Ambrose of Optina and Saint John of…
November 8, 2019 Division or Addition? In recent decades, thanks to the active revival of church life, the Russian Orthodox Church has seen an increase in the number of communicants….
November 7, 2019 How Saint John Made a Church Out of a Garage Part 1 here. Part 3 here. In 1951, Vladyka John was sent to guide the flock of the ROCOR in Western Europe. The assistance…
November 7, 2019 On Satan’s Division Against Himself Luke 11:14-23 1 Thessalonians 2:9-14 One day the Lord “was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when…
November 7, 2019 How Long Should the Pre-Marriage Period Last? How long should the premarital period, the period of dating, last? Skilled priests say that it should last at least a year. Why? First…
November 6, 2019 Living Testimony Of Saint John Of Shanghai Part 2. Part 3. When in 1966 Vladyka John went to the Lord, one of the priests closest to him called him “a holy…
November 6, 2019 Joy of All Who Sorrow Icon of the Mother of God There is no escape from sorrow in our lives. You will have sorrow in the world, the Savior tells us, but be brave, for…
November 6, 2019 Music Is the Best Gift of Heaven for Mankind Wandering In the Dark Every year, in the Church of Joy of All Who Sorrow on Bolshaya Ordynka, before and on the day of the namesake feast, the…
