December 3, 2020 Did the Mother of God Enter the Temple? Confession of a Doubter A friend once told me about an article on one religious website on the feast of the Entrance of the Most Pure Theotokos into…
December 2, 2020 Elder Porphyrios of Kafsokalivia: Three Examples of His Exceptional Perceptiveness Spiritual writer Pavle Rak shares his memories of the elder whom he and his family knew in person. Let me start with a story…
December 2, 2020 In Search of Royal Presbyter John In the middle Ages, there was a sensational legend about the powerful Christian state existing in India and headed by Presbyter John. Information about…
December 1, 2020 What Is the Purpose of Prayer? A Few Words about Constancy If we look closely at the holy angels, we will notice several particularities: 1. Angels exist to do the will of God. They are…
December 1, 2020 Knowing Christ through Cinema Films on topics of religion have always raised controversy. It is hard for a human to play Christ plausibly and genuinely. It is only…
November 30, 2020 Fasting under Crisis Conditions — Vladyka, people today are already deprived of their everyday joys, while fasting seems to be taking away the last remaining of them. How…
November 30, 2020 Officer’s Conversion I once knew a family with a very pious mother and a young son who was an officer. While in service, the young man…
November 29, 2020 The Life in Christ Is a Life of Continually Remembering that I Am the Poor and Needy One Reading the Parable of the Good Samaritan Almost every contemporary biblical commentary interprets the parable of the Good Samaritan as moral exhortation. But this…
November 28, 2020 Walking on the Water: How Can We Believe in the Impossible? How can modern man believe in God and trust in Him, how can we feel what goes beyond the boundaries of the five human…
November 28, 2020 15 Quotes by Venerable Justin (Popović) 1. Sins are earthquakes that overturn minds, souls and hearts, forming in them stony gorges, crevasses and rocks. They leave us wandering through these…
November 27, 2020 Why Is the Gospel of John the Only Book that Talks about the Resurrection of Lazarus? Part 1 John’s intent was not just to report the events, but to convey his key message: Jesus Christ is not just a teacher,…
November 27, 2020 How Did Icon Painting Workshops (Artels) Work in Russia? The 17th century was a time when churches were actively built and revived in the Russian state, resulting in growing number of craft societies,…
