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….
March 2, 2021 Brother Dmitry’s Obediences He visited Saint Elisabeth Convent ten years ago, and he already knew then that it was his home. Three years later, he settled in…
March 2, 2021 Preaching Christ with a Paintbrush This giant painting took Alexander Ivanov 20 years to complete and is now displayed at the Tretyakov Gallery of Moscow. To complete this work,…
March 1, 2021 Patience. A Story from the Paterikon About a monk going from one monastery to another, unable to tolerate the vexation caused by the brethren There are people who always look…
March 1, 2021 The Drug That You Watch I find nursing homes depressing, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. I wonder, though, if others share my reason. It’s not the…
February 28, 2021 The High Expectations of Today’s Prodigal Sons Every word in the parable of the Prodigal Son is important, and the church has spent centuries exploring its meaning. However, our perception of…
February 28, 2021 Moses and the Ten Words Recently I read an interesting critique of American Christianity. It pointed out that in an earlier day the schoolrooms for our children used to…
February 27, 2021 The Power of the Gospel The loving God, Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (see 1 Tim. 2: 4),…
