March 9, 2021 Music Stars Who Left the Stage to Seek the Glory of God These two rock musicians were rising stars in the eyes of their fans, and prodigal sons in the eyes of our Lord. Through His…
March 8, 2021 Praying for Money and What St Paisios of the Holy Mountain Thought of It Venerable Paisios spent the years between 1968 and 1979 in his poor kelli of the Honorable Cross in Kapsala, Mount Athos. In most cases,…
March 8, 2021 Like through a Mirror Dimmly Lent is upon us and as we start cleaning our fridges of the food that we feasted upon until this point‚ we also start a…
March 7, 2021 Zočište Monastery: Serbian Shrine in Kosovo where Albanians also Pray “I hardly know anyone who would not be healed here,” says the abbot of the monastery. Black chickens roam in the courtyard of Sts…
March 7, 2021 Fasting to Serve Christ in “The Least of These”: Homily for the Sunday of the Last Judgement Today we continue to prepare to follow our Lord to His cross and empty tomb at Pascha. Great Lent begins a week from tomorrow, and…
March 6, 2021 Athos Monasticism: the Coexistence of Life and Death Every athonite monk, following in the footsteps of the holy fathers and living according to their tradition, combines the two states that appear antithetical…
March 5, 2021 Interpreting Psalm 137: Part 2 (Closing) Part 1 An outstanding example of literary text from the Holy Scripture, Psalm 137 begins with one of the saddest-sounding lines of the entire…
March 5, 2021 Prayer of Absolution over the Deceased During the funeral service, while performing the last rights for a deceased Christian, the priest reads the prayer of absolution written in the distinct…
March 4, 2021 I Have Heard That The Church Condemns Money Lending. Does This Mean That I Should Not Be Opening A Savings Account? Lending money with interest (or usury) is not simply condemned by the church; it is unambiguously and clearly prohibited by the Holy Scriptures. Deuteronomy,…
March 4, 2021 Is There a Need to Consecrate an Apartment after a Person’s Death? Q: Do I need to somehow “clean” or consecrate my apartment after my family member died in it? I have heard that you can’t…
March 3, 2021 St Leo the Great On February 18th by old calendar the church commemorates St Leo the Great, one of the holy Roman hierarchs and a fighter for Orthodoxy….
March 2, 2021 A Saint at the Beer Joint Memories of a New Christian Revaz says: In the late 1980s, my hectic life led my family to the verge of a complete breakdown….
