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),…
February 27, 2021 Saturday Sermon. Lovers of Pleasure or Lovers of God? Luke 20:45–21:4 2 Timothy 3:10 – 15 Apostle Paul thus admonishes his disciple Timothy: “But mark this: there will be terrible times in the…
February 26, 2021 Autocephalous Church Over the centuries, the Church founded by Christ has expanded the area of its presence and increased the number of its communities. The small…
February 26, 2021 Interpreting Psalm 137: Why Weep by the Rivers of Babylon, and Whose Infants Were Dashed against the Rocks? Part 1. Causes of the Babylonian captivity Preparation for the Great Lent has begun. The Church attunes its followers to this salvific journey of…
February 25, 2021 St Seraphim (Sobolev): Instructions and Real-life Stories St Seraphim, Archbishop of Bogucharsk , whose memory we celebrate on February 26, left behind many invaluable works and instructions, born from personal experience,…
February 25, 2021 The Heart of a Harlot “Verka the whore” — a frightened whisper spread through the church among the elderly. Someone ran after the watchman, to get the girl out as quickly as…
