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…
February 24, 2021 The Future Elder Simeon of Kafsokalivia Instantly Quit Smoking and Drinking as He Stepped into a Kaliva on Mount Athos The elder Simeon of Kafsokalivia was from the city of Larissa. His worldly occupation was a gendarme. When he came to the Holy Mountain…
February 24, 2021 Is It One or Several Prosphora that We Should Use When Celebrating Liturgy? The number of prosphora used in celebrating the Eucharist is different in the liturgical practices of different churches. Where has this tradition come from…
February 23, 2021 The Devil is Expelled by Fasting, Reading the Gospel and Fighting Evil Thoughts Speaking about the means serving to disgrace and drive away the devil, we have already mentioned prayer, humility, reading the Psalter, diligence and prayer…
February 23, 2021 Insanity — a Defence against the Madness of the World Most Orthodox Christians in our part of the world will know the Venerable Saint Simeon of Verkhoturye. Yet few are familiar with the life…
February 22, 2021 How Long before Political Correctness Brings Animal Rights Fighters to Start Questioning the Bible? The fine balance between protecting animal rights and attacking humans. People whom we would now call activists have existed in all times. They are…
February 22, 2021 Sex and Teenagers Anita Wood Brewer was Elvis Presley’s girlfriend from 1957-1962. The cultural understanding of sex and dating was drastically different in the 1950’s and the…
February 21, 2021 Triodion History in Brief On the island of Zakynthos a unique ceremony takes place at the beginning of the Triodion. The book of the Triodion is placed on…
