January 3, 2019 How Unpracticed Faith Turns to Atheism Unpracticed faith—that is, faith without works—St. James writes, is dead. It has no transformative or sanctifying power; it is intellectual assent that descends into…
January 3, 2019 The Island of Tinos and Its Christmas Traditions Tinian people preserve their local manners and customs as sacred. Besides, many of those stem from ancient religious traditions. These customs survive mostly in…
January 3, 2019 The Sense and Role of the Great (Royal) Hours Canonical hours are a type of special, fairly brief divine offices that mark certain times of day, at which a certain important event of…
January 3, 2019 One of the Most Important Services: “The All-Night Vigil” Album Review The All-Night Vigil is one of the most important Services of the Orthodox Church. First, Jesus Christ Himself used to spend “all night in…
January 2, 2019 Orthodox Priests on How We Can Know the Will of God In the course of our lives, we are often faced with the choice of how to proceed, which path to walk down, and not…
January 2, 2019 Is There a Fate That You Can’t Avoid? The word ‘fate’ comes from the Latin word fatum, which broadly translates as ‘God’s judgment’. Therefore, the foreordained plan of our lives, which we…
December 29, 2018 “God Isn’t Ashamed of His Law”: the Role of Circumcision Every male Jewish baby was to be circumcized on the eighth day of his life, in accordance with the Mosaic Law. Circumcision was a…
December 28, 2018 The “Old Christmas” of the People of Appalachia The people of Appalachia, with whom we at the monastery share a home in West Virginia, are a people who have been Protestant for…
December 28, 2018 Doing the Right Thing, for the Right Reason and at the Right Time “We must force ourselves to do good.” – St. Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox Christians do very little by whim. This is not…
December 28, 2018 Four Stories about Liquor and God’s Providence Alms for a Drunkard A young couple came to their spiritual father to donate him one thousand roubles. It was a lot of…
December 28, 2018 Catalog of St. Elisabeth Convent: Who We Are, What We Do and Why You Should Join Our Ministry St. Elisabeth Convent, which is well known all over the world, is located in Minsk, Belarus. This pillar of Orthodoxy is one of the…
December 27, 2018 On Hospitality During the Nativity Season Ever burdened with our American consumerism and capitalism orientation to life (“How much will it cost?” “What’s my time worth?” “How will it affect…
