July 23, 2018 Athonite Elder: “My Child, Be Careful with Dreaming!” Avoid sinful thoughts, cut off your dreaming and every image that may be embarrassing, because the “omniscient” satan is trying to take you away…
July 23, 2018 Parable of the Day: Why Shepherds Should not Argue about Politics Two shepherds had a political argument. One of the shepherds was foolishly attacking the king, while the other was no less foolishly defending him….
July 23, 2018 What Is the Meaning of “In the Lord Shall My Soul Be Praised”? Question: “At the beginning of Psalm 33 (in the Septuagint), which we hear often in the liturgical services, is the line “In the Lord…
July 22, 2018 The Pathways to Salvation in the Modern World Putting words on a page often helps to clarify our thinking. In writing The Forgotten Faith: Ancient Insights for Contemporary Believers from Eastern Christianity…
July 22, 2018 Why Is Epistle Read during the Divine Liturgy? In the Orthodox Divine Liturgy, after the Trisagion Hymn comes the chanting of the prokeimenon and of the epistle. In many places the prokeimenon…
July 22, 2018 St. Xenia of Petersburg Helped a Muslim Woman to Become an Icon-painter Everything came together in Alla Mescherova’s life seemingly as it should: auditing classes in the Repin Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, then learning…
July 20, 2018 How to Entertain Our Children at Summer Time and Prevent Them from Getting Bored School’s out. No more early mornings. No more homework or after school activities, no more rushing around. Everyone’s finally able to relax, until suddenly,…
July 20, 2018 Parable of the Day: What to Do When Your Friend Hurts You There were two friends. They had an argument one day, and one of them slapped the other one in the face. The latter felt…
July 20, 2018 Can a Christian Live and not Be Persecuted? “Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.” (2 Timothy 3: 12) And the Lord Jesus Christ…
July 19, 2018 10 Quotes of Guidance from St. Ambrose of Optina 1. Life will become peaceful and successful only when we will stop being forgetful and stop forgetting God, our Creator and Savior and the…
July 19, 2018 Who Was Grand Duchess Elisabeth and How She Appeared to Be a Saint? One of the brightest stars in the celestial array of Russia’s New Martyrs is holy Grand Duchess Elisabeth. A convert to Orthodoxy, she outshone…
July 19, 2018 Personal Story: The Confession of a Suicidal Man In my years of experience as a priest I had one very interesting story. Once my relative, who lives in a remote village, asked…
