July 28, 2017 The Life Story of St. Equal-to-Apostles Prince Vladimir Prince Vladimir was the son of Svyatoslav and Drevlyan princess Malusha. He was born in the year 963. He was raised by his pagan…
July 28, 2017 What Is Holy Chrismation? “Holy Chrismation is a Sacrament in which the baptized believer, being anointed with Holy Chrism on certain parts of the body, in the name…
July 27, 2017 Monologue: What True Love Really Means? What is love? Why does it end? Why do children repeat parents’ mistakes? A person asks himself many questions, talking about happiness. Father Artemy…
July 26, 2017 How to Set Up a Personal Commemoration Book What follows is directions on how to set up a private commemoration book for use in one’s private prayers…
July 25, 2017 10 Questions About Priesthood and Priests How well do we know who priests are and what do we know about their ministry? Where did it originate from, has it become…
July 25, 2017 How the “The Three Hands” Icon Came to Be The story of the cut off hand The base of Icon of the Mother of God of “The Three Hands” is a traditional image…
July 25, 2017 Key Facts and Ideas about Repentance The Illness and the Cure Christianity without repentance is hypocritical, a mockery, even dangerous. It claims what is not rightfully ours, forgiveness without…
July 24, 2017 Why Are the Faces of Clergy and Monastics Covered after Their Death? Why do we cover the faces of clerics after their death – several similar questions were addressed to the editor after the death of…
July 21, 2017 Ministry of St.Elisabeth Convent: Children with special needs make icons of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco Children from the boarding school for children with special needs and the convent’s studio “Anyolak” prepared an exhibition of drawings “A gift to St….
July 21, 2017 8 Miracles of the Kazan Icon of The Mother Of God About the Icon The Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God in the City of Kazan: On 1 October 1552,…
July 20, 2017 How Not to Become an Accidental Iconoclast If we are careless or unaware of an image’s sanctity, then the image does not suddenly become unholy or “just a picture”: instead we…
July 20, 2017 Royal Inadequacies of the Royal Priesthood “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!”–Psalm 133:1 While there are many wonderful and holy pastors who labor in…
