October 5, 2017 Why Do We Have Confession with a Priest Present? Question: If we can make confession to God without the priest, then why do we have confession with a priest present? Answer: In…
October 5, 2017 Personal Stories: How Icons Changed A Person’s Life OrthoChristian.com correspondent Vasily Tomachinsky recently travelled to Boston, where he became acquainted with Clifford Isaac Gardner, Senior Administrative Manager of Research in the Division…
October 4, 2017 Orthodox Icon as the Proof of God’s Existence God “adorns himself in magnificence and clothes himself with beauty.” Man stands amazed and contemplates the glory whose light causes a hymn of praise…
October 4, 2017 The Parallel between the Star Wars Movies and Orthodox Christianity Remember in the Star Wars movies, how various emotions were able to throw different characters over to “the Dark Side of the Force”? Anger,…
October 2, 2017 The History of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Healer” or “Tselitel’nitsa” The original icon known as or “The Healer” was from the Tsilkan church in Kartali, Georgia. It was painted at the time of Saint…
October 2, 2017 Praying to the Guardian Angel: Whom Christ loves, His Angels Love Too! It is a wonderful truth that the Angels in Heaven love our children – indeed, all children – and we can take great comfort…
October 2, 2017 10 Ways That Can Set Children Up for Moral Failure: An Orthodox Christian Perspective Life gets busy and we don’t step back enough to see what we might be doing as parents to hurt our children’s spiritual growth….
October 2, 2017 A Interview with a Priest Concerning Relics and Their Fragmentation The bringing of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from Italy to Russia triggered much discussion about the veneration of holy relics and…
September 29, 2017 A Short Video of the Liturgy on the Nativity Of Theotokos in St. Elisabeth Convent
September 29, 2017 Christian Athletics: The Struggle for the Kingdom The classic image of the Christian as an athlete of Christ is a little overplayed nowadays, in a culture obsessed with sports. I personally…
September 28, 2017 Godparenting 101: The Beginner’s Guide to Godparenting It is a known practice in the Orthodox Church that every person, child or adult, should have a godparent (sponsor) at the time that…
September 27, 2017 Is the Cross a Symbol of Death? Question: Is the Cross a symbol of death? An answer by Hieromonk Job (Gumerov): We refer to the Cross as life giving, because…
