July 11, 2019 Why I Love Serving with Deacons I love the special liturgical ministry of the deacon and the way that active deacons contribute to the life of the community. In this…
July 10, 2019 Instructions for Priests: How to Deal with Force Majeure During the Liturgy In some old Russian service books, there is an unusual liturgical document – “Uchitelnoe Izvestie”, which literally means “Edifying Letter”. This is a special…
July 10, 2019 Becoming an Orthodox Monk: Tips for Beginners Why do people now go to monasteries not from an impoverished life but from a life of comfort, how to find the right monastery,…
July 10, 2019 How God Arranges Everything for Our Good Fr. Dimitry Torshin, the rector of the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Ozersk (Podborki) in the…
July 9, 2019 Inestimable Secrets of Saint John Maximovich Revealed by an Orthodox Subdeacon This article was written by a subdeacon who had the blessing of serving with Saint John as a child as well as having the…
July 9, 2019 Why We Cannot Become Saints: One Objective Reason Because we take cues from the world, that plunge us deeper and deeper into the bustle and information flows. One can even drown in…
July 8, 2019 It Is Time for a Re-dedication of Our Lives to Christ One of the greatest temptations facing the Christian church today is the tendency to mistake religion for faith. The distinguished Orthodox theologian Christos Yannaras…
July 8, 2019 How We Should Understand the Concept of Family Happiness On July 8 (June 25 Old Style) the Church commemorates Sts. Peter and Febronia—a married couple who later lived in the monastic rank. It is…
July 8, 2019 St. Michael Novitsky: a New Martyr from Belarus In the third week after Pentecost, the Church celebrates the Synaxis of the Belarusian Saints, which includes 79 saints of God. 23 of them…
July 7, 2019 Holy Spirit and Our Regeneration to a New Life The Holy Spirit manifests Himself in great hermits more visibly than in ordinary believers, because saints give Him more opportunities to act. However, He…
July 6, 2019 Modern Day Miracles: How Saint Agatha Put a Misdoer on the Right Path Some years back, there was a point in my life when I didn’t give a second thought to the Saints. I really didn’t see…
July 5, 2019 Where Do Departed Unbaptized Infants Go? Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:14). Everyone in his…
