January 27, 2021 The Rescued Candlestick Attending services and taking children to Sunday school gives most church-goers the feeling of quite pulling their weight of shared responsibility. There must be…
January 27, 2021 Thanksgiving for the Eucharist After the communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ, the service passes onto a separate stage, taking place at the end of the Liturgy….
January 26, 2021 Is It True that Chess Is a Demons’ Game? At first sight, opposition to chess on religious grounds seems a strange proposition. Today, chess is a popular pastime and sport, just as football…
January 26, 2021 About a Certain Monk, who Desired a Pagan Priest’s Daughter, Deserted Christ, Rejected His holy Baptism and Was Still Saved by God The Word of God says that “the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth” (Gen. 8, 21), which means that we are…
January 25, 2021 About the Mediator of the New Covenant Mark 8: 22-26 Heb. 9: 8-10, 15-23 In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! Once, the Lord healed…
January 25, 2021 Everlasting Destruction Question: “The text of the King James Version for 2 Thessalonians 1:9 is: “Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of…
January 24, 2021 “Those who Lack Faith Hope for a Miracle” – Memorable Quotes by the Honorary Patriarchal Exarch of Belarus, Metropolitan Philaret On January 12, 2021, at the age of 85, Metropolitan Filaret (Vakhromeev) reposed in the Lord. Many people call him a mountain of a…
January 24, 2021 The Unseen Martyrdom “This is the fiercest struggle, the struggle that resists a man unto blood, wherein free will is tested as to the singleness of his…
January 23, 2021 About the Mental Struggle “One evening, I was at the all-night vigil in the Zosimas and Sabbatius church,” Archimandrite Kronid once shared, “when suddenly, an awful spark of…
January 23, 2021 Five Ways to Repent Saint John Chrysostom shows us five practical ways to repent. He says: The first way is to condemn yourself for your sins. The Lord…
January 22, 2021 What Is the Magisterium of the Orthodox Church? Very often the Orthodox hear the following question: “What does your Church teach on this or that issue?” Where can the Orthodox faithful find…
January 22, 2021 A Mother’s Prayer Everyone is sure to know the proverb, “A mother’s prayer will raise you from the bottom of the deepest sea.” But how many still…
