September 13, 2019 Why Do Monks Run The Church? Nina: Hello, Vladimir, I promised one guy I’d give a qualified answer. I ask for your help. Maybe you could ask someone reputable… The…
September 13, 2019 The Unknown God I would like to begin by telling two stories. The first is a story from the life of St. Silouan of Mt. Athos (in…
September 13, 2019 Is It True that Christ Taught to be Just Good and Not Some Religion? – Myth and Its Dispelling Myth: Christ only taught to be good: it is important to be merciful and compassionate, but faith in certain dogmas and observation of some rites…
September 13, 2019 The Cincture of the Most Holy Mother of God The Church celebrates the Placing of the Cincture (Sash) of the Most Holy Theotokos on September 13. What is this holiday devoted to? What do…
September 13, 2019 Not Like Religion – the Christian Clergy According to Fr. Alexander Schmemann, Orthodox Christianity is not a religion. In his For the Life of the World, he wrote, “Christianity is in a…
September 13, 2019 Why Orthodox Christians Celebrate the New Year on the First of September The first day of September is celebrated as the Ecclesiastical or Church New Year by Orthodox Christians. It is also a day marked by…
September 12, 2019 Say No to Cartoons: Reclaim Childhood I used to work as a babysitter in a family where cartoons were a kind of reward and, accordingly, a ban on them was…
September 12, 2019 Back to School: What Is the Key Focus of Education and Parenting? At the dawn of my youth, when I was eighteen, I came across a sci-fi novel. I can’t recall the author or the title…
September 11, 2019 Animals Smell Paradise Animals were created before humans: aquatic (reptiles) and airborne (birds) creatures were created on the fifth day of creation, whereas terrestrial creatures were created…
September 11, 2019 The Desert Fathers: Praying without Ceasing Once certain monks of the kind called Euchitae‚ that is‚ the Men of Prayer, came to the abbot Lucius in Enna: and the old…
September 11, 2019 Fornication Leads To Murder Fornication leads to murder. The first time I read this statement was, I think, in the life of a certain saint who after early…
September 10, 2019 Career and Unrequited Love. Top 5 Dumbest Reasons to Go to Monastery The higher you climb, the worse the fall. Monasticism is not one of the Church Sacraments technically, but in essence it is: when one…
