April 7, 2019 How not to Throw Yourself down the Ladder The fourth Sunday of the Great Lent is dedicated to the memory of Saint John Climacus (†649), a great Orthodox ascetic. St. John was the…
April 5, 2019 Some Practical Tips on Reading Akathists at Home There is only one akathist that is appointed to be done in the services of the Church, and that is the akathist of…
April 5, 2019 Who Is Who in the Church, or Who Keeps the Worship Running Archimandrite Dositheus (Mikhailiuk), a professor of Kiev Theological Academy, on those who perform and participate in worship. Father, who are those people who perform…
April 5, 2019 On Saturday Commemoration of the Dead in Orthodoxy The Saturdays of commemorations of the dead are called ancestral Saturdays (the first universal commemoration on Meat Fare Saturday, the second, third, and…
April 4, 2019 Seven Deadly Sins: Greed as the Besetting Sin of the Modern World I could almost, barely, slightly, kind of, well not really, tolerate Black Friday if I thought people were shoving and shouting, and this year…
April 4, 2019 11 Quotes of the Holy Fathers about the Cross God does not create a cross for man. No matter how heavy a cross a man may carry in life, it is still just…
April 4, 2019 “It’s Never Too Late”: a Nun’s Story about How our Parents Come to God Sometimes This story happened to my father, Eugene Ivanovich, in July 2014. My dad is 82. He grew up in a village and he is…
April 3, 2019 What Happened in the Beginning of the World, and How? A Priest Answers Children’s Questions, Part II If the universe was created almost 7,500 years ago, why can we see galaxies that are billions of light years away? What a clever…
April 3, 2019 Why Do We Address the Cross in Prayer? On this great feast of the Exultation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross Archpriest Andrew Nikolaidi addresses whether Orthodoxy considers the Cross to be…
April 2, 2019 When Is Communion Forbidden During the Lent and Why? There is no such thing as a prohibition of communion in the Orthodox Church. The Sacrament of Eucharist is the ultimate sacred ritual there…
April 2, 2019 Who Is More to Blame for the Fall? Adam or Eve? A Priest Answers Children’s Questions “Theoretical” questions, i.e., those that deal with the key aspects of Christian theology, aren’t a rare occurrence among questions asked by children. Archpriest Alexander Yelatomtsev,…
April 1, 2019 Understanding Stability as a Christian Virtue As we began this month our journey towards Great Lent let us take some time to contemplate the importance of stability. This crazy, technologically…
