December 7, 2018 Becoming a Monk: a Closer Look at Monastic Tonsuring in Orthodoxy I imagine that very few Orthodox have ever observed the rite for the tonsuring of a monastic. The first time I observed the rite…
December 7, 2018 What Epitimia Is and What We Should Do with It Question: What is an epitimia? In what does it consist? Answer: An epitimia (Greek, epitimion, from epi – on, timi – punishment) is a means…
December 7, 2018 The Importance of Preserving Family Values and Gratitude By Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok Fidelity is the greatest family value. If a partner cheats on another partner, family disappears. It is…
December 6, 2018 The Power of Love of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Our father among the saints, Nicholas, was the only child born to wealthy parents, and was instructed in the Christian faith by his…
December 6, 2018 What to Do When We Have to Meet Unpleasant People Who Bring Us Nothing but Trouble and Sorrow Commemoration of Holy Right-Believing Prince Alexander Nevsky It happens that we have to meet people who bring us nothing except troubles and…
December 6, 2018 How a Bear Saved a Metropolitan from Frost The Most Rev. Kirill (Smirnov), Metropolitan of Kazan and Sviyazhsk, was sent to exile. He was thrown out of the train going at…
December 6, 2018 Christmas Memories from the Catalog of Good Deeds: “Police Patrols Ensured that People Did not Go to Church” Dear friends! The Catalog of Good Deeds team starts a new series of personal stories devoted to the Feast of the Nativity. Our…
December 5, 2018 10 Things to Abstain from during the Nativity Fast What is important for us to bear in mind during the fast? The fast, by definition, is a time of abstinence. Therefore, let…
December 5, 2018 Orthodox Iconography of the Bosom of Abraham The Sundays before the Nativity feast (Christmas) are dedicated to the Holy Forefathers and Ancestors of Jesus Christ. Among all the Old Testament…
December 5, 2018 Practical Advice on Abstinence Fasting from information is no less important for a contemporary person than fasting from food. Excessive consumption of information, which can even be…
December 4, 2018 Five Steps to Joy Everyone Can Make After the Fall of Adam and Eve, all of their descendants, us included, are doomed to all kinds of hardships and sorrows in…
December 4, 2018 Orthodoxy in the United States, Firsthand Interview with Sister Margarete (Roeber), a nun at the Holy Assumption Monastery in Calistoga, California. With the blessing of her abbess, Mother…
