July 4, 2021 On the Sunday of All Saints of America In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen Last week the Church celebrated the great feast…
July 3, 2021 Why Does Jesus Never Call Himself God? And Since He Is, How Can He Be Human at the Same Time? Modern readers of the Bible are often let down by their ignorance of the Old Testament Jewish culture and the biblical context. The Jews…
July 2, 2021 The Newborn Christian Church — the Early Years To an onlooker, the Church at the beginning of its history was more like a community of friends of Jesus than a fundamentally new…
July 2, 2021 What Makes Goodness Good? Mark 13: 1-8; 2 Pet. 1: 1-10 St Peter writes, “… You must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness…
July 1, 2021 Akathist to Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco Kontakion I Chosen wonderworker and superb servant of Christ, who pourest out in the latter times inexhaustible streams of inspiration and multitude of miracles….
July 1, 2021 A Sermon at the Fireplace and Other Parables One parishioner who used to always attend the Liturgy on Sundays suddenly stopped going to church. After some time the parish priest decided to…
July 1, 2021 The Returned Voice and Miraculous Help from St Amphilochius of Pochaev From an interview with the abbot of the Holy Dormition Pochaev Lavra, Metropolitan Vladimir (Moroz) The mercy of God is manifested in all times;…
June 30, 2021 Stele of Merneptah: an Archaeological Find Proving that the Events in the Book of Exodus Really Took Place The long-term slavery of the Hebrews by the Egyptians and the events of their exodus from Egypt is one of the darkest and most…
June 30, 2021 Why Is Pentecost the Birthday of Our Church? The feast of the Shavuot, or Jewish Pentecost, was approaching. On this day in the old times, God gave His chosen people the Law…
June 29, 2021 Father Metrophanes Chi Sung – a Christian martyr in China The Holy Martyr Metrophanes Chi Sung has an unusual name, part of which is Russian and part Chinese. Father Metrophanes is a Chinese Orthodox…
June 29, 2021 Thoughts on Pentecost: Why Do We Need Church and Is It Possible to “Believe in the Soul”? On the day of Pentecost, I would like to say a few words about the significance of the Church. Orthodox Christians are not always…
June 28, 2021 Holy Righteous Alexis Mechev. Quotes about God’s Love And Mutual Help On June 22, the church commemorates Righteous Alexis Mechev, the great elder and confessor to many people. About Compassion And Mutual Help We must…
