October 30, 2019 Are Dogs Regarded as Unclean Animals and Can Cats and Dogs Live in The House? The division of animals into clean and unclean is very arbitrary. In fact, it does not exist. Especially in the New Testament Church. Any…
October 29, 2019 Feast of Hell: Sad Consequences of Halloween’s Celebration A bit of history: The ancient population of the islands of Britain, Ireland and parts of modern France celebrated their main feast – Samhain,…
October 29, 2019 Saint Athanasius (Sakharov): “Prayer Will Save Us All” The future Holy Confessor Athanasius (Sakharov) took part in the preparation of the service to all Russian Saints in 1918 by commission of the…
October 28, 2019 Holy Fathers on Charity “Being charitable means having a heart that burns with love for every creature and desires its good. Alms do not consist solely in giving,…
October 28, 2019 The Stony Heart “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony…
October 28, 2019 Can One Speak with the Dead and Ask for Their Help? As almost to all questions concerning the afterlife, there can be no single answer. It is no coincidence that saint Anastasios of Sinai says…
October 27, 2019 Saint Paisios the Athonite: Humility Makes the Devil Crumble Why does God let the devil tempt us? Geronda, why does God allow the devil to tempt us? He does it to select his…
October 27, 2019 Hearing Our Story in a Parable When I meet a new person, my immediate impulse is to try to find something familiar in the other, something we share in common….
October 26, 2019 A Case of Mistaken Identity When I was still living in Romania I was going for confession to a hieromonk in a monastery not very far from my hometown….
October 26, 2019 Saint Gallus, the Enlightener of the Swiss Alps The Church commemorates Saint Gallus, the enlightener of the Swiss Alps, on October 16/29. Until recently, few Orthodox Christians knew anything about this holy…
October 25, 2019 The Vespers Entrance In addition to the entrances of the Liturgy, there is also an entrance of Vespers in the Orthodox practice. The Little Entrance of the…
October 25, 2019 Is It Possible for Orthodox Christians To Venerate Shrines in The Catholic Temples? Historically, most Christian shrines, with the exception of those located in the Holy Land – in the place where our Lord Jesus Christ performed…
