December 5, 2020 God’s Providence Is Inscrutable A story of a monk who prayed about knowing God’s inconceivable ways Instead of humbly bowing before God, inscrutable in His ways and actions,…
December 5, 2020 Practical Advice on Information Impoverishment as a Way of Fasting Informational fasting is no less important for a modern person than fasting in food. Indeed, gorging on information or, one might even say, “information…
December 4, 2020 History of the Four Earthly Domains of the Most Holy Theotokos Today, there are four known places on earth, which the Mother of God, with the blessing of God Himself, has under her special protection….
December 4, 2020 To the Deniers of the Clergy People have been asking me how I would respond to someone who claims that that the clergy is not necessary and that they do…
December 3, 2020 Interpreting the Parable of the Unrighteous Steward Today’s reading includes the parable of the unfaithful steward (Luke 16: 1-9). Perhaps this is one of those cases when, despite the absolute clarity…
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…
