March 7, 2019 1737 3 13 Obstacles on the Way to Becoming a Priest Ecclesiastical hierarchy plays a very important role in the life of the Church. The Church cannot exist or perform Her salvific ministry in the…
March 7, 2019 89 0 How Am I Supposed to Learn to Love God? Question: I am trying to learn to love Christ. I know with certainty that I believe in God and believe in Christ, but how…
March 7, 2019 734 0 8 General Rules for Readers in the Orthodox Church With all reading in Church, certain rules apply: 1. Never read while walking or moving around. 2. It is not necessary to make the…
March 6, 2019 115 0 10 Wonderful Books that You Can Read with Your Little Christians The family where I work as a babysitter is very fond of reading. Just a couple days ago, a delivery guy brought some new…
March 6, 2019 296 0 On the Question of the Seven Deadly Sins, Part 2 Why Seven Sins? It’s entirely arbitrary. We could list 1 or 7 or 107. The 1 sin would be Pride, which is usually (not…
March 6, 2019 128 0 On Fasting Again: Why and How It Can Be Good for Us To those on the new style calendar who are celebrating the Nativity of Christ, we wish all a joyous feast. Please keep this delightful…
March 5, 2019 90 0 Storms of Life or Why You Need to Be Always Prepared Spiritually Many years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on…
March 5, 2019 267 1 The Visitor of St. Elisabeth Convent Tells About Orthodoxy in China Most of us think of China as the land of the Great Wall, Confucius, Communism, gunpowder, sky lanterns, dragons, hieroglyphs, cheap goods, rice, and…
March 4, 2019 129 0 On the Question of the Seven Deadly Sins Sin I think we Orthodox don’t talk enough about sin. Really – how many of our people actually go to Confession? And when we…
March 4, 2019 111 0 Against Those Who Deny Demons’ Snares The Spiritual Meadow on the Devil’s War Against Monks People of our times often deny the existence of temptations sent by the devil. They…