December 6, 2017 Why Do We Light Oil Lamps and Candles In Front of Relics and Icons? Below are two explanation by St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite and St. Nikolai Velimirovich as to why we light oil lamps and candles before relics…
December 5, 2017 5 Ways to Fight Against Pornography: An Orthodox Christian Perspective According to surveys, nearly one-third of Orthodox Christian teens are unsure whether pornography is right or wrong. This is approximately the same number as…
December 4, 2017 The Mother of God: the Bridge by Which God Descended So, the Lord Jesus gives us this possibility to unite with God and return to the primary purpose which God ordained for man. …
December 4, 2017 Elder Paisios and the Smokers: Helping More with Prayer than with Words There are many cases of chain-smokers who quit their habit thanks to the Elder. His words weren’t simple suggestions―they were powerful. What he said…
December 1, 2017 Why Are the More Lenten Days Than Non-Lenten Days in the Orthodox Church? If we look closely, there are more lenten days than non-lenten in the Orthodox Church. Below is an article that explains the importance on…
December 1, 2017 St. Theophan the Recluse on Prayer and Spiritual Vulnerability One who prays is like a bird, soaring high in the air, neither to be captured by the net, nor reached by an arrow….
December 1, 2017 The Start of the Nativity Fast: Why do we fast from foods? We have begun the joyous and holy Nativity Fast. The fast begins on November 28, or forty days before the Nativity in the flesh…
November 30, 2017 An Orthodox Christian Viewpoint on Speaking in Tongues Speaking in Tongues, “Glossolalia,” a popular practice with many Churches today, is a phenomenon which can be traced to the days of the Apostles….
November 30, 2017 “Can I Become a Matushka?” or a Few Notes on Becoming the Wife of a Priest It would be so wonderful if we could open a book, entitled “A Manual”, or even “The Ladder of Perfection”, which would describe in…
November 29, 2017 If You Want to Become Fluent in Orthodox Christianity… Someone once said that “worship” is a verb. I actually think it’s a language. — Over the years, I’ve found myself studying a variety…
November 29, 2017 Why I Love Orthodox Christian Monasticism I went to Greece almost every summer during my child and teenage years and, without fail, would visit various monasteries during my stays. …
November 29, 2017 An Ascetic Approach to Married Life It all began with our forefathers, Adam and Eve. They received a commandment in paradise not to taste of the tree of the knowledge…
