February 3, 2019 Holy Water: What Does Bible Say about It and Its Consecration? For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one (Hebrews 2:11). When we posted an article about holy water and…
February 3, 2019 How You Can Really Help a Person Instead of Just Saying “I’ll Pray For You” Think about the last time you were going through a tough time in your life. What were the most helpful things that people said…
February 3, 2019 Question on Scripture: What Giants Were Mentioned in the Bible? Question: I wonder, how are we to think of the Giants from the Old Testament? Can it be that there was another race of beings…
February 3, 2019 The Feast of the Meeting: a Celebration of the Elderly The Feast of the Meeting of Christ in the Temple (February 2) is a feast of the elderly. When the Holy Family entered the…
February 1, 2019 How the Groundhog stole the Feast of Presentation The Ancient Origins of Groundhog Day Early February is the midpoint between the beginning of winter and the beginning of spring, and we who…
February 1, 2019 The List of Musical Instruments Mentioned in the Bible Shofar “My bowels, my bowels, I writhe in pain! The chambers of my heart are throbbing! My heart moans within me! I cannot keep…
January 31, 2019 Icons of the Theotokos: The Unexpected Joy The Unexpected Joy appears to be a traditional depiction of Christ and His Mother, however there here a few notable differences: blood is seen…
January 31, 2019 What Are the Special Vows of Great Schema? When the priest asks him why he has come, the postulant answers that he desires the life of asceticism. So this is something that distinguishes…
January 31, 2019 14 Facts about Christ and Almsgiving from Three Holy Hierarchs The Orthodox Church celebrates the Synaxis of Three Holy Hierarchs – Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom – on January 30. Those…
January 30, 2019 Prayer as Silence God is always trying to get our attention. He wants us to turn to Him, to listen to Him, to open ourselves to a…
January 30, 2019 Marriage: Why Is It Impossible to Get Enough from It without Giving Enough to It? Recently I conducted an initial consultation with a couple who were having serious marital problems. After a few amenities were shared, both partners wasted…
January 30, 2019 The Father of Christian Monasticism We honor the memory of St. Anthony – the renowned Egyptian (Coptic) saint who was titled Great while he was still alive – today, on…
