October 24, 2018 “A Monk Should Always Be Joyful!”: Sermon on the Feast Day of the Optina Elders It’s such a blessing, on this beautiful late October day, to have so many pilgrims here with us to join in the celebration of…
October 24, 2018 “Listening Is One Thing. You’ve Got to Think and Feel”: Nun Juliania (Denisova) on “The Royal Voice” Festival The Church in honour of the Reigning icon of the Mother of God in St Elisabeth Convent was filled with a very special devotional…
October 23, 2018 How Icons Are Born in the Icon-painting Studio of St. Elisabeth Convent People often ask a lot of questions concerning the icons created by the icon-painters of St. Elisabeth Convent and iconography in general. Why does…
October 23, 2018 A Wasted Day: Three Main Symptoms The Encounter If you haven’t had an encounter with God, you might have wasted your day. We’ve got to be looking for Him…
October 23, 2018 3 Great Feats of Faith of Patriarch Abraham On October 9 (old style) the Orthodox Church commemorated a great saint and prophet – Abraham, the Old Testament patriarch and forefather. We all…
October 23, 2018 A Visit to the Not Indifferent Ones: a Personal Story about the First Meeting with Special Children Sometimes they only need physical contact. They are excited every time you touch or hug them. The feeling of having someone around makes them…
October 22, 2018 Parable of the Day: The Fed Up Sparrow A thunderstorm was over. There was a rainbow over the fields. A sparrow said: “I’m fed up with being colorless and…
October 22, 2018 What Do Charcoal and Christians Have in Common? Everything I know about fire I learned from being an Altar Server. Fire is hot, it can burn you, and boy it can be…
October 22, 2018 Q&A with a Priest: What If Doctors Say We Can’t Have Children? Question: Father Andrew, please tell us what to do. We’re married for more than two years now, and we had a church wedding. We’ve found out…
October 21, 2018 Veneration of Icons in the Early Church – Could It Be Possible? Question: “Isn’t the fact that there were controversies over icons well into the 9th century proof that the early Church did not venerate icons?”…
October 21, 2018 Who Is Satan? The Holy Fathers Explain Humor: once there was a poor young couple, and the husband served as a minister. He complained to his wife for breaking her promise…
October 21, 2018 What Is the ‘Fervor’ Used during the Liturgy? Fervor is boiling water, which is poured into the Chalice after the transmutation of the Holy Gifts. The boiling water is poured into the…
