October 22, 2019 596 0 Why God Is More Important to Christians than Their Own Children? In 137, a pious woman Sofia, lived in Rome. She had three daughters – twelve-year-old Faith, ten-year-old Hope and nine-year-old Love. All of them…
October 22, 2019 88 0 With Him Before Our Unblinking Eyes, We Can Walk on Water Love, peace, and joy are the defining components of a Christian life. It is these realities that constitute fundamental discipleship to Christ, not obedience…
October 22, 2019 631 0 Saint Sebastian of Karaganda: Teachings Saint Sebastian began his monastic journey in the Optina Pustyn. He was a cell attendant of Elder Joseph, who came to be his great spiritual…
October 21, 2019 213 0 “You Must Return Your Ticket Today!” – an Episode described by Spiritual Daughter of St. Sebastian of Karaganda October 22 is the memory of St. Sebastian of Karaganda (1884-1966), a former monk of the Optina Pustyn who spent seven years in a…
October 21, 2019 68 0 Saint Father Sergius, Pray to God for Us! Commemoration day of St. Sergius of Radonezh is always a special feast in the Convent. He is a helper on the path of salvation…
October 21, 2019 302 0 Five Wild Facts about St. Basil’s Cathedral On October 14, 1991, St. Basil’s Cathedral was reopened for church services after six decades of being barred from hosting religious rites. Here are…
October 20, 2019 138 0 Love, Peace, and Joy With its multiplicity of rules, canons, and liturgical stipulations, one might be forgiven for thinking that Orthodoxy is primarily about rules and regulations, coupled…
October 20, 2019 232 0 Can We Love Others Without Loving Ourselves? What does it mean to love your neighbor as yourself? Do we have love for ourselves and what should it be like? Let’s try…
October 19, 2019 355 0 Tears Can Be Caused by Adversarial Forces from the Other Side What’s the difference between penitential tears and hysterical tears? Hysteria is a nervous state one brings himself into. For example, we can do so…
October 19, 2019 235 0 “The Nurses Looked at the Doors of the Ward and Cried”: The Wonder at Botkin Hospital My Moscow friend Larissa, whose hospitable home I stayed at when visiting Moscow, had an emergency lately. Her ex-husband, with whom she maintains good…