March 10, 2019 Forgiveness Sunday Tomorrow we enter the holy days of Great Lent, and the Church calls us to ask forgiveness of one another with repentance and humility…
March 8, 2019 Why Grumbling Diminishes All Your Patience Have you noticed how often we find ourselves grumbling about this or that? It seems that it is our nature to complain about…
March 8, 2019 Can I Leave Church Immediately After the Lord’s Prayer, If I Don’t Plan to Take Communion? If you choose to leave the church at any moment during the Divine Liturgy, no one is going to hold you back. The thing…
March 8, 2019 Why Do Some Icons of St. Matrona of Moscow Portray Her with Open Eyes, While Other Icons Portray Her with Closed Eyes? Icon painting is based on the canon, that is, the rule. On the other hand, we have to deal with lots of issues all…
March 7, 2019 13 Obstacles on the Way to Becoming a Priest Ecclesiastical hierarchy plays a very important role in the life of the Church. The Church cannot exist or perform Her salvific ministry in the…
March 7, 2019 How Am I Supposed to Learn to Love God? Question: I am trying to learn to love Christ. I know with certainty that I believe in God and believe in Christ, but how…
March 7, 2019 8 General Rules for Readers in the Orthodox Church With all reading in Church, certain rules apply: 1. Never read while walking or moving around. 2. It is not necessary to make the…
March 6, 2019 10 Wonderful Books that You Can Read with Your Little Christians The family where I work as a babysitter is very fond of reading. Just a couple days ago, a delivery guy brought some new…
March 6, 2019 On the Question of the Seven Deadly Sins, Part 2 Why Seven Sins? It’s entirely arbitrary. We could list 1 or 7 or 107. The 1 sin would be Pride, which is usually (not…
March 6, 2019 On Fasting Again: Why and How It Can Be Good for Us To those on the new style calendar who are celebrating the Nativity of Christ, we wish all a joyous feast. Please keep this delightful…
March 5, 2019 Storms of Life or Why You Need to Be Always Prepared Spiritually Many years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on…
March 5, 2019 The Visitor of St. Elisabeth Convent Tells About Orthodoxy in China Most of us think of China as the land of the Great Wall, Confucius, Communism, gunpowder, sky lanterns, dragons, hieroglyphs, cheap goods, rice, and…
