June 19, 2019 Do Clerical Dress and Monastic Habits Really Matter? I am a great fan of the BBC series “Call the Midwife”, which features a group of Anglican sisters working among the poor in…
June 19, 2019 The Unique Cross of St. Euphrosyne: a Revered Relic and a Masterpiece of Ancient Art Last week we posted an article about Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk, the great Belarusian saint. Today, we are going to tell you about the…
June 19, 2019 Priest’s Reminder for Father’s Day: “True Success Is Found Within” Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s and Grandpa’s! (June 19th if you’ve forgotten.) The poem below was given to me many years ago…
June 18, 2019 Why Is the Church Supposed to Speak All the Languages? Ref. Acts 2: 5-11 “We hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” What an amazing feeling that must have…
June 18, 2019 Children’s Questions on Faith: Can a True Believer Do Science? They say that a real scientist cannot believe in God, while a true believer cannot do science. Why? People who say so demonstrate their…
June 17, 2019 A Rabbi’s Wife Converts to Christ These Days Have you ever looked at the map of the world? I am sure you have because all of us went to school. Did you…
June 17, 2019 3 Important Ideas on the Holy Trinity and Pentecost Feast 1. The “Spirit of Disorganization” Years ago the cowboy humorist Will Rogers said, “I don’t belong to any organized political party. I’m a Democrat.”…
June 17, 2019 How Are We to Treat the “Little Ones”, the Sinners, and the Supplicants? Ref. Matthew 18: 10-20 It has been a day since the Church appeared on earth. Yesterday, the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles and vested…
June 16, 2019 Man Rescued From Lightning By a Cross A Penza man remained alive after being struck by lightning thanks to the cross he wore on his neck and to a metal insert…
June 16, 2019 Holy Fathers of the Church on Child Rearing Parents and teachers, keep your children free from whims, for if you don’t, they will soon disregard the price of your love, contaminate their…
June 16, 2019 How Can We Sense the Holy Spirit? The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. 7:37-52; 8:12 During the last few weeks we were blessed enough to spend some…
June 14, 2019 Why We Pray for the Dead in the Orthodox Church? Short answer: They’re not dead. (Mark 12:27; Luke 20:38) Longer answer: What happens when we depart this life? The Orthodox Church believes…
