May 27, 2019 Is Monday a Fast Day? According to the Orthodox tradition, fast days are Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the entire year, with the exception of a couple of weeks when…
May 27, 2019 Spiritual Father’s Advice: Should We Pray Aloud or Silently Should I Pray Aloud Or Silently? Question: Father, do the Lord and his saints hear our prayers if we pray silently, not aloud? Should…
May 26, 2019 Orthodox Popes of Rome: Have You Ever Heard about Them? The Holy Church of Rome, founded by Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, was exceedingly ardent and faithful to the tenets of the apostolic faith…
May 24, 2019 Which Movements Are Acceptable during Prayer? Orthodox worship is rich in liturgical gestures, i.e., specific hand and body movements. This rich repertoire is caused by the fact that being human…
May 23, 2019 A Few Thoughts about the Usefulness of Suffering There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be…
May 23, 2019 Some Сommentary by C.S. Lewis on How to Fight Lust Please remember from last week that sexual lust is only one form of lust. I’m about to quote from C.S. Lewis again. Why do I…
May 23, 2019 Having a Choice as Christians: a Word on Our Addiction and Weakness Have you ever noticed that it is really easy for people to become addicts? We look all around us and we find that people…
May 23, 2019 Some Thoughts on Marriage: Which Sin Cannot Be Forgiven? Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. These…
May 23, 2019 What Is the Nous and How Is It Connected with the Soul? Question: “What do we mean by the “nous,” how is it distinct from the soul, and are the Orthodox the only ones who speak…
May 23, 2019 A Personal Story about the Miraculous Help of St. Ephraim of Nea Makri Story of the saint’s help recorded by the sisters of the Nea Makri Convent: My name is T. M. I live in Sweden, although…
May 22, 2019 The “Model of Meekness”? A Priest on St. Nicholas’ Zeal and Slapping Arius Priest Dimitry Shishkin, rector of the Church of the Protection of the Mother of God in the village of Pochtovoe (diocese of Simperopol and…
May 22, 2019 Nicholas the Wonderworker: How Could There Be Two of Them? The biography of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker incorporated the biographies of two saints: St. Nicholas of Myra in Lycia and St. Nicholas of Pinara. The first…
