June 28, 2019 The Unknown World of the Icon: Some Words on One of the Most Well-Known Theotokos Icons […] We asked the Rev. Sergius Nezhbort, who is the head of the Icon Painting Studio of St Elisabeth Convent, to tell us about…
June 28, 2019 How to Quarrel with Teenagers in a Right Way: Some Tips for Christian Parents A reader asks: Why does my teenage son smile at me when I tell him off? The boy is Orthodox and he knows that he…
June 28, 2019 Spiritual Father’s Word: “A New Day is a New Start for Us!” The Lord brought us to the church so that we could change our thinking, our life, so that we could get off the earth…
June 27, 2019 Sign of the Cross on Entering Church: How Many Times and Why We Should Do It As a rule, a believer should cross and bow three times before entering or leaving a church. The number three symbolizes the Holy Trinity….
June 27, 2019 Are There Any Reasons for Children to Be Rebaptized? There is no such concept as “rebaptism” in the Orthodox Church. Every day we recite a summary of the basic Christian truths in Nicene…
June 27, 2019 Can the Church Do without Deacons? Recently I overheard a conversation about deacons and someone opined that if there were no deacons in the Church no one would notice, and…
June 26, 2019 Sun? Stream? Triangle? Some Ways of Grasping the Mystery of the Holy Trinity Saint Augustine, a famous 4th-century bishop and theologian, was walking along the sea shore thinking about the mystery of the Holy Trinity one day….
June 26, 2019 The Oak of Mamre Episode Is the Beginning of the Holy Trinity Revelation The episode at the oak of Mamre, recorded in Genesis 18, is one of the strangest and most mysterious in the scriptures. It has…
June 26, 2019 Fr. Andrey Lemeshonok: “In God Everything Is Simple!” You can either live and destroy (though it isn’t life, but dying) or you can live and create. First of all, of course, to…
June 25, 2019 Fr. Valery Zakharov on How We Should Deal with Complicated Circumstances God’s mercy is concealed in sorrows! If you’re beleaguered by sorrows, rejoice, for it is the time when you are on the right track….
June 25, 2019 “They Make Me to Go to Church. But What about My Free Will?” Question: Hello! When I was 14, my mother got churched rapidly and eventually she “churched” me as well. Both then and now my mom…
June 24, 2019 What Did Saint Cyril of Alexandria Believe and How It Affects Our Faith Today? Saint Cyril of Alexandria, who was a great champion of the Orthodox faith, a prominent theologian and a bishop, is commemorated on June 9….
