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…
October 24, 2019 Why Is Psalm 34 Sung at the End of the Liturgy? The Liturgy is the immeasurable depth and mystery of the life of the Holy Spirit in man. It contains a lot of symbols, meanings,…
October 24, 2019 The Miracle of Joining the Church John 6:40-44; Acts 8:26-39 Holy Scripture says that God is the Spirit. Although He is everywhere, a sinful person cannot see Him. A human…
October 24, 2019 The Mysteries of Optina Monastery Optina Monastery… When Eldress Sepphora was reaching her 100th year of life, she walked through the ruins of Optina Monastery in the late 1980s,…
October 23, 2019 “Derzhavny Glas-2019”: Best Moments Annually, we meet old friends and find new ones, enjoy beautiful voices and hearken to prayer words. And we respond to God’s voice with…
October 23, 2019 Talent for Looking into the Heart At the age of 35, Saint Ambrose of Optina became completely handicapped and could hardly move for the rest of his life; however, he…
