May 21, 2019 Why Denying God’s Providence Is Denying Reality Imagine that you have been sentenced to seven years in a labor camp. The Church is weak, often riddled with spies, while the state…
May 21, 2019 Why Can’t We Have Panikhidas and Sorokousts for Non-Christians and Unbelievers? The question is imprecise: we may not pray for non-Christians in church; we may pray for unbelievers who were baptized, though. Let me explain….
May 20, 2019 St. Theophan: “Sin Affects Your Body!” (Acts 9:32–42; John 5:1–15) Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. (John 5:14). Sin affects both one’s soul…
May 20, 2019 What Happened on Mount Athos in 1910 – 1971 The Synaxis of all Russian saints who lived on Mount Athos is celebrated in the Russian St. Panteleimon Monastery on Mt. Athos on May 7/20. That…
May 20, 2019 Need for Monasticism: What Makes People Think of Becoming a Monk? Over the past thirty-five years, I have lost count at the number of lay people who have voiced interest in monasticism. Many have told…
May 19, 2019 On the Question of the Frequent Communion of the Holy Sacraments Most likely, it wasn’t accidental that the Holy Fathers decided to dedicate the Fourth Sunday after Easter to the issue of paralysis. They were…
May 19, 2019 Some Facts from the Life Story of St. Ephraim of Nea Makri Saint Ephraim of Nea Makri is becoming more and more popular with Orthodox Greeks. This saint became known not long ago, in spite of…
May 17, 2019 What Is Enthronement in Orthodoxy? A bishop is a successor of the Apostles and the link between each Christian and the Church because the bishop is the chief priest…
May 17, 2019 The Difference between the Prayer of the Intellect and of the Heart Remembrance of God demonstrates communion with Him and is therefore like prayer. Striving to invoke the holy Name of Christ continuously, through the prayer…
May 16, 2019 “When the Elder Told Me I’d Become a Monk, I Thought: What a Nightmare!” Archimandrite Ephraim, the Superior (Abbot) of Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos, speaks about the special quality of the spiritual life on the Holy…
May 16, 2019 Boris and Gleb: the First Russians Canonized in the History of the Church Holy Right-Believing Princes Boris and Gleb were the first Russians to be canonized by the Church. To a modern-day person, the actions that made…
May 15, 2019 “Priest Is Always Right?” A Difficult Question of Communication with Priests A priest refused to give communion to a one-year-old baby who had drunk some milk two hours before. Both his biological mother and his…
