July 11, 2018 84 0 Parable of the Day: How to Understand You Are Growing Spiritually A novice came to an elder and said: “Abba, I spend six weeks fasting and study the Old and the New Testament daily.”…
July 10, 2018 109 0 Parable of the Day: Making up for the Damage We’ve Done There was a man who went around the neighborhood cursing the parish priest and spreading libel about him. Finally, he felt sorry and went…
July 10, 2018 530 0 The True Examples of Reconciliation What does the memory of the Apostles – Saints Peter and Paul in particular – teach us for our everyday lives? Most of us…
July 9, 2018 43 0 Parable of the Day: What Is Like God in This Word? Air is like God. It is always near, and you can’t see it. You learn how necessary it is when you lack it. …
July 9, 2018 140 0 8 Tips for Christian Parents on Raising Children in Today’s World Thirty-six years ago, I was blessed to marry a wonderful man. My husband, Jim, and I have two grown children and two beautiful grandchildren….
July 9, 2018 123 0 The Life Story of St. Bosiljka the Martyr of Pasjane In a small, humble village in Kosovo, a great event in the life of the Church took place on Sunday, May 20. On this…
July 8, 2018 799 1 St. John Chrysostom on Motherhood and Mother’s Prayer As someone who studies motherhood and theology and who has five children myself, fellow Orthodox mothers often ask me if I can point…
July 8, 2018 188 2 What the Holy Scripture Says about Cremation In the town where I live, funerals have become rather rare. I hear this is true throughout our country. People now have a “Celebration…
July 8, 2018 564 0 Fr. Moses Berry: From Hippie to Orthodox Christian You wouldn’t suspect that the jovial Orthodox priest who carries the gold chalise with such reverence from behind the iconostasis of “Mother of Unexpected…
July 6, 2018 6104 0 Chapter V. Apostle Paul: Numerous Miracles of the Least of the Apostles “But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all” (1 Corinthians 12:7). Many different miracles were…