June 14, 2018 Baptizing Infants as a Part of the New Covenant with God St. Augustine made the observation that in the Scriptures, circumcision was a sign of the covenant between God and His people. The community did…
June 14, 2018 Parable of the Day: Sedated by Satan A young female parishioner came to a church to ask a priest: – Why do people often say that sins cause pain in…
June 13, 2018 Apostle Peter: The First Catch of the Fisher of Men “For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20). Apostle Peter, just like all the other apostles, was…
June 13, 2018 The Danger of Dishonest Dialogues The term “dialogue” (along with its synonyms, “conversation” and “discussion” and “engagement”) seems to have taken its place alongside the proverbial terms “motherhood”,…
June 13, 2018 Parable of the Day: Telling Reliable People from Dangerous Ones A disciple asked his elder: — How can I learn to tell reliable people from dangerous ones? — First of all, I’m…
June 12, 2018 St. Gregory of Nyssa on Music and Mediation in a Christian’s Life In his On the Making of Man, St Gregory of Nyssa likened the human body to a kind of musical instrument, played upon by…
June 12, 2018 The Divine Liturgy as a Gift of the Holy Spirit to Humanity The Divine Liturgy is truly a gift of the Holy Spirit to humanity. It is an initiation into the mysteries of the Spirit, a…
June 12, 2018 Can a Laymen Give a Blessing? Question: Can a laymen give a blessing? Answer: In the absence of a priest or bishop, a layman can give blessings. You can…
June 11, 2018 Modern day miracles of St. Luke (Voino-Yasnestsky) On June 11 the Church celebrates the uncovering of the relics of a great saint and miracle-worker of our times, Holy Hierarch Luke (Voino-Yasnestsky),…
June 11, 2018 7 Facts About the Blessing of Home 1. Houses are traditionally blessed with “Theophany water” each year. A house can be blessed at any time, but the usual season for…
June 11, 2018 Second Sunday After Pentecost: Follow Me and I Will Make You Fishers of Men In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, My dear brothers and sisters in Christ today…
June 9, 2018 Apostle Paul: The Conversion of the Persecutor “For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.”…
