August 17, 2019 Saint Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky): I’m Out of Work as Bishop There is a very special story in the Gospel of Mark about the relation between faith and doubt. One day, people brought a possessed…
August 16, 2019 Saint Lupus of Troyes Fifteen new saints were added to the list of saints of the Russian Church two years ago. They are ancient saints of the Western…
August 16, 2019 The Way of Love is the Way of Co-suffering Nicholas Kotar in his book, The Song of the Sirin (Raven Son Book 1), has one of his characters ask a thought provoking question –…
August 15, 2019 How God Kept a Guy Off Another Person’s Treasure We were sitting with my friends one cozy evening and recalling cases of God’s help, in which the events took an unanticipated turn, contrary…
August 15, 2019 Blessed Is the Pure in Heart Blessed Basil the Fool-for-Christ is one of the most well-known fools-for-Christ from Moscow. Russians have always venerated fools-for-Christ – those who rejected outward decorum…
August 15, 2019 Why Mary Is the Most Important Human Figure in Christianity Transitioning from Protestantism to the Orthodox Church a bit over a decade ago was for me a fairly seamless one. I was already well…
August 14, 2019 About the Most Serious Damage of a Person Why do believers have different levels of trust in God? The reasons lie in our thoughts. There are good and damaged thoughts. They are…
August 14, 2019 Spending Buried Treasure The Christian walk can be tough. You try to do the right thing, live the right way, follow the fasts, say your prayers, but then…
August 14, 2019 A Beast with a Halo: What Do We Know of the Most Arguable Saint? The icon of Saint Christopher (which was later prohibited by the Synod of 1722 for being “contrary to nature, history, and the truth itself”)…
August 13, 2019 The Eucharist – the Seal of Christian Marriage We know from the Church history that there hadn’t existed any special ritual of Matrimony until the 9th century. The Sacrament of Matrimony was…
August 13, 2019 Gender Confusion and the Extinction of True Manhood Just as it is difficult to gain a true perspective of the size of a mountain when one is actually on the mountain, so…
August 12, 2019 3 Questions for the Spiritual Father of St. Elisabeth Convent God Doesn’t Give Me What I Ask Him For. Should I Continue Praying? Question: Father Andrey, your blessing. Can it be that a person…
