July 21, 2021 Is “Gentle Upbringing” Wrong? Why do we scold our children? I will begin by citing a fragment from the memoirs of my teacher, academician Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachov. He…
July 20, 2021 Being Content with Little: Wonderful Story by Archimandrite Gregory (Zumis) St Paul the Apostle writes simply and succinctly about being satisfied with little, “…if we have food and clothing, we will be content with…
July 20, 2021 Viewing Monasticism as a Lived Experience Archpriest Vladimir Kotsaba accepted monastic tonsure with the name Victor on 20 March 2015 at Kiev – Pechersk Lavra from Metropolitan Onufriy (Berezovsky), Primate…
July 19, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 1 Author’s Note Travelling is a lot like reading a good book. First of all because it brings discoveries. All countries on earth were discovered…
July 19, 2021 What Kind of Charity Is True? For those who have an opportunity to provide the poor with real help, we will say the following. There is pretend alms, for example,…
July 18, 2021 The Venerable Martyr Elizabeth: The Mystery of Witnessing to Christ Unto Blood “I did not accept this as a cross, but as a path full of light that was shown to me by the Lord following…
July 17, 2021 Why Is Abraham Called the “Father of Believers”? And what is the meaning of the phrase “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness” (James 2:23)? Traditionally, we call…
July 17, 2021 In Memory of the Royal Martyrs, through Personal Testimony The holy Royal Martyrs are a bulwark, a firm wall of protection for the Russian people and land. Their icons adorn temples everywhere throughout…
July 16, 2021 Does the Church Pray for Those Who Died from Alcoholism or Drug Addiction? It certainly does; and yet the parallel with the suicides suggests itself and requires a word of clarification. Refusing to carry out funeral services…
July 16, 2021 5 Grand Discoveries by Biblical Archaeologists that Influenced Our Perception of the Bible. Part 2 Part 1 4. Definitive proof of the reality of Pontius Pilate Up until 1961, there was not a single reliable proof of the historical…
July 15, 2021 5 Grand Discoveries by Biblical Archaeologists that Influenced Our Perception of the Bible What does biblical archaeology do? What new findings have its practitioners made in the last several years? How are they related to Biblical narratives?…
July 15, 2021 Venerable Lavrentiy of Chernigov and Stories of His Clairvoyance Lives of various saints are inspiring and life-giving sources nourishing the faith of every Christian. In today’s article, we would like to let you…
