January 16, 2019 The Difference between Liturgical and Personal Prayer In Orthodox spirituality, we recognize two basic types of prayer: liturgical (that is, worship); and personal prayer. In our Church both of these types…
January 16, 2019 “He That Endureth to the End Shall Be Saved”: St. Theophan the Recluse Explains He that endureth to the end shall be saved. (Matthew 10:22). Do we have anything to endure? No one has too little to put…
January 15, 2019 Fr. Andrew Malakhovsky: Five Questions About Parenting and Education Priest Andrew Malakhovsky, a cleric of St. Elisabeth Convent and a father of two, answers some nagging questions about parenting and education. 1. Shall…
January 15, 2019 The Connection between Old Glory and Icons Our family has enjoyed a wonderful Christmas, spent with extended family and friends, celebrating the birth of Christ and enjoying each other’s warm company…
January 15, 2019 What Do I Do If a Priest Doesn’t Give Me His Blessing? Question: Father Andrew, your blessing. I asked a priest to bless me to read the Psalter on behalf of my newly-reposed mum. He said,…
January 15, 2019 First Soldiers of Christ Hail Their King Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive….
January 15, 2019 The Year of Good Deeds: the Most Interesting Moments of Our Ministry in 2018 1. Personal Stories: They Are Finely Attuned to God and People Our Publishing House published a book titled The Yonder Land in 2011….
January 14, 2019 Holy Hierarch Kentigern (Mungo) of Strathclyde, Bishop of Glasgow and Wonderworker Saint Kentigern has been venerated for many centuries as one of the apostles of Scotland and patron-saint of Glasgow. He is best known in…
January 14, 2019 A Double Church Feast: Circumcision of the Lord and St. Basil the Great Today we celebrate a double Church feast, the Circumcision of our Lord Jesus Christ, and memory of St. Basil the Great. In addition, if…
January 14, 2019 A Remarkable Story about Basil the Great Told by an Eyewitness There is a remarkable story told by an eyewitness (Bishop Elladius, the successor to Saint Basil the Great) how the holy hierarch rescued a…
January 11, 2019 Egyptian Dragons Praise Baby Jesus I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt (Hosea 11:1). According to Holy Apostle Matthew’s Gospel, King Herod asked the wise…
January 11, 2019 The Motivation to Do Good Advocates of autonomous morality attack Christian morality as if it were motivated by primitive moral principles: fear of future torments in hell and the…
