November 7, 2018 What Should School Be Like? An Example of True Orthodox Education Parents are faith models for their children. The light of faith in a child’s heart is sparked by his or her environment, which should…
November 7, 2018 “Let Your Women Keep Silence”: the Qustion of Women Singing in Church Question: “What does St Paul mean when he says “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to…
November 7, 2018 Children’s Questions About Angels and Demons Young children, especially from Christian families, are very curious about the invisible world, i.e., Angels and demons. We collected several such questions and asked…
November 6, 2018 Archimandrite Andrew (Konanos): What Goes on Deep Inside Our Souls? Prayer is good. I hope you’ll pray after you read this article. I hope you’ll surrender your heart to God at least temporarily….
November 6, 2018 Where Are We Laying up Our Treasure? Here’s a quick quiz for you. 1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. 2. Name the last five Heisman trophy…
November 6, 2018 Praying Both with Mind and Body: St. Theophan the Recluse on Prayer The Lord gave us a general prayer for all people, which combines all our needs, spiritual and bodily, internal and external, eternal and temporary…
November 5, 2018 The Holy Lance: What Happened to the Spear of Longinus? Last week, the Orthodox Christians commemorated St. Martyr Longinus, the Roman centurion, who hit the Savior’s side with a spear. As the Holy Gospel…
November 5, 2018 How to Determine Whether We Are on the Light Side or the Dark Side? After the Fall of Adam and Eve, we live in a tragic world separated from God by our own choice. That dreadful choice…
November 5, 2018 Let’s Quarrel: One of the Most Vulnerable Aspects of Contemporary Marriage “Don’t resist evil,” “do good in return for evil,” “bless those who curse you”… These biblical verses have baffled us and made our selfish…
November 2, 2018 Parable of the Day: The Honey at the Bottom of Our Soul A monk came to his mentor and asked: — Father, I’ve been coming to you for so long. I’ve confessed my sins over…
November 2, 2018 Some Thoughts on Kneeling in Church on Sundays I have a question about something I’ve been thinking about for a while. I’ve read that the Church canons say that you are not…
November 2, 2018 A Personal Story about the Miracle of Elder Gabriel (Ugrebadze) I met Irakli Gogoladze in Samtavro Monastery. Out of the blue this young man of about twenty-five walked up to me and said, “You…
