February 7, 2022 Baptizing Children = Violating Their Freedom? Q: Baptizing children in infancy and then imposing religious beliefs on them is a violation of their freedom of conscience. Isn’t it better to…
February 6, 2022 “Does the Bible Encourage Unfair Treatment of Foreigners?” Answering a Question about One “Strange” Commandment Q: The Bible says, “On loans to a foreigner you may charge interest, but on loans to another Israelite you may not charge interest,…
February 5, 2022 The Sign of the Cross in Ancient Church Tertullian clearly writes about the significance of the sign of the cross in the life of the ancient Christians, “At every forward step and…
February 4, 2022 Storing and Using Holy Water and Prosphora at Home. How To Do It Reverently? Holy water and prosphora are gifts that strengthen us on our life path to God. However, their grace-filled properties are manifested only when a…
February 3, 2022 The Genius Singer Galina Vishnevskaya and Her Lifelong Relationship with God Galina Vishnevskaya, a renowned opera singer and recitalist of the Moscow Bolshoi, would have been 95 on 25 October 2021. She became a star…
February 2, 2022 Anointing with Oil in Antiquity and in the Christian Church The anointing with oil (primarily as a remedy for bodily ailments) has been widespread among the peoples of the Middle East since ancient times….
February 2, 2022 “Walls Will Come Apart with Love!” Father Vitaly Confronted Every Evil with His Humility and Love We continue to acquaint you with the everyday saints of the 20th century. Our narrative today will centre on Schema-Archimandrite Vitaly (Sidorenko). Already as…
February 1, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 41 Part 40 Vespers And Evening Meal Our windows were located almost directly above the monastery’s semantron. Everyone jumped up and dressed quickly, like soldiers…
January 31, 2022 Spiritual Instructions of Elder Joseph the Hesychast Anger as such is natural. Just as there are nerves in the body, it is the nerve of the soul. We should use it…
January 31, 2022 Where Do New Souls Come From? The Bible describes the creation of only one person’s soul, and this is the soul of Adam. The Holy Scriptures contain no exact data…
January 29, 2022 It’s Not Only in a Monastery That You May be Saved In the Synaxarium, on the 3rd day of September, St Basil, among other things, says, “Make no mistake thinking that everyone is saved in…
January 28, 2022 Icon As a Stairway to Heaven. Gilded Icon-case Carving from the Town of Vetka We often see hand-painted icons being placed in icon cases. A typical icon-case looks like a glazed box, designed to ensure the best conditions…
