November 5, 2019 Children Are Their Parents’ Crystal Copies Everyone knows that we raise children, not with words, but with our actions. A child grows and forms in the image and likeness of…
November 5, 2019 Was James, the Brother of the Lord, Among the Twelve Apostles? Question: “I read recently that James, the “brother of the Lord,” was not one of the 12 Apostles. Are there not two James’…
November 5, 2019 Saint Silouan On Prayer We eat and drink every day, yet on the morrow our bodies need drink and food again. In like manner the recollection of God’s…
November 5, 2019 Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga It was 1748. The serfdom in Russia had not been abolished yet, and the peasants were under the control of their masters. However, everyone…
November 4, 2019 Will We Have a Name When We Die? The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (16:19-31) Today we hear the story of the rich man and Lazarus. It is…
November 4, 2019 15 Quotations of Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite 1. Those who believe it to be a virtue that they are exceedingly sad after committing sin do not understand that they do so…
November 3, 2019 Tomorrow You May Die is Never True There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain…
November 3, 2019 Spiritual Father’s Sermon: “Do Everything Through God!” The apostle Peter was fishing all night and didn’t catch anything. However, when the Savior told him to cast his net again, he obeyed…
November 2, 2019 Lay People Celebrate Liturgy Too One can often hear that priests and deacons celebrate the Liturgy, while laypeople pray during it, or even, as it is colloquially said, “I…
November 2, 2019 Kasperovskaya Icon of the Mother of God There is a great Orthodox sacred object in the Odessa region of Ukraine – the Kasperovskaya Icon of the Mother of God. It is…
November 1, 2019 Is It Right to Say Morning Prayers in the Evening? Everyone who is sufficiently familiar with the divine service of the Russian Orthodox Church, must have wondered at least once why we have Matins…
November 1, 2019 Secret Angel 2018: It’s All Thanks to You! The period of Christmas fast and the Nativity of the Savior itself is a special time. Every Christian looks forward to this moment. We…
