July 30, 2018 1448 0 26 Quotes of the Holy Fathers about Anger 1. Do not let the sun go down on the anger of your brother (Eph. 4:26); that is, let no one be angry and…
July 29, 2018 769 0 Saint Porphyrios on What We Should Do when We Face Injustice One should feel sorry for the person wounded by a criminal The author had asked the Elder about some apparent injustice he had…
July 29, 2018 101 0 A Family Story of Coming back to the Source I am 51 years old and my wife is 48. We have been married 29 years and have two grown daughters and two grandsons….
July 29, 2018 3558 3 A List of 12 Things a Normal Orthodox Christian Does The normal Orthodox Christian—who is living according to the norms of the Orthodox faith—will be doing the following (this is not an exhaustive list,…
July 27, 2018 149 1 What Is Orthodox Christianity? We live in an Orthodox country, a land which is covered with the blood of martyrs, the saints who formed Holy Rus, the saints…
July 27, 2018 176 0 The Gospel Lesson during the Divine Liturgy: What Is It for? I would like to conclude this commentary series on the Divine Liturgy (or at least the first part of the Liturgy, the so-called “Liturgy…
July 26, 2018 56 0 Parable of the Day: The Worm of Passion Once many years ago, a ship was being built on the dockyard in Holland. It was necessary to find a long and tough log…
July 26, 2018 110 0 St. Yakov Netsvetov, the Enlightener and Baptizer of the Native Peoples of Alaska Today, July 26th, is the feast day of St. Yakov/Jacob Netsvetov, the Enlightener and Baptizer of the Native Peoples of Alaska. His story is…
July 26, 2018 334 0 Do Our Careers Get in the Way of Being Orthodox Christians? We all live very different lives: someone serves in the Church, someone devotes himself to art, science, there are also actors among us, musicians,…
July 25, 2018 59 1 The Lord is our Main Craftsman: A Large Photo Blog about the Working Process in the Mosaic Workshop The Church on Blood is built on the place of Ipatiev house, where the members of the family of Tsar Nicholas II spent their…