February 5, 2018 What is Family Happiness: An Orthodox Christian Understanding What is family happiness? When you hear the word “happiness,” a bright feeling of the joy of living, of participation, is born in the…
February 5, 2018 Concerning Having Icons in Cars Lately, I have payed attention to the fact that people often put icons in their cars. These icons can be various: folding icons, triptychs…
February 5, 2018 Reflections Upon the Prodigal Son It’s no use to ask the Prodigal Son just how he ran away. He probably couldn’t tell you how he ended up in the…
February 2, 2018 5 Great Temptations Not to Fall into When Visiting Orthodox Monasteries The priest looked out of the altar, checking to see if the choir director was ready to begin the hours before the Divine Liturgy….
February 1, 2018 Fr. Andrew Konanos: “Try to Do This, and Happiness Will Enter Your Home!” It is quite a typical situation: a husband comes home after work, but his wife does not pay attention to whether he came or…
February 1, 2018 The Life and Miracles of Venerable Brigid of Ireland Saint Brigid, “the Mary of the Gael,” was born around 450 in Faughart, about two miles from Dundalk in County Louth. According to Tradition,…
February 1, 2018 What is the Eucharist and why do we partake? One of my greatest stumbling blocks coming into the Orthodox Church was the closed communion table. Growing up Protestant, my experience was that the…
January 31, 2018 Making Time for Prayer While Raising Children Today we lead such busy lives that many say, “I don’t even have time for prayer. At the end of the say I am…
January 30, 2018 A List of 298 Passions by Saint Peter of Damaskos These, then, are the passions which I have found named in the Holy Scriptures. I have set them down in a single…
January 30, 2018 Liturgical Origin of the Words “A Mercy of Peace…” Q: I have heard it argued that the phrase in the Liturgy “A mercy of peace, a sacrifice of praise” is both nonsensical and…
January 29, 2018 An Orthodox Christian Perspective: Overcoming Difficulties in Life A mountain ahead. Hurray? As a rule, when running up against difficulties in our ordinary, daily life, we try to get around them however…
January 26, 2018 Byzantine Chant (and Sheet Music) of The Polyeleos by the Festive and Monsatic Choirs of St. Elisabeth Convent Harmonized by Nun Juliania (Denisova). You can view and download sheet of this chant there.
