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…
July 5, 2019 “Chernobyl” Has Ended with Orthodox Prayer. What Prayer Is It? The final shots of the recently released series “Chernobyl” are accompanied by threefold singing “Memory Eternal”. The last episode is called the same way….
July 5, 2019 Why Should We Pray “on Behalf of All and for All”? The topics of heaven, hell, purgatory, hades, life-after-death, the judgment, etc., are not among my favorites. There is a particular reason for this: everybody…
July 4, 2019 Patriotism: Let Us Lead the World in a Spirit of Humility “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been…
July 4, 2019 Spiritual Father’s Sermon: “Love Is above Everything!” A person cannot love anyone without God. When we look through the eyes of natural vision (natural for our state of spiritual life), we…
July 4, 2019 In Jesus Christ All Saints Are Alive! Vigil lights are placed before the icons of the saints, according to Saint Symeon the New Theologian, as a way of showing that without…
