November 6, 2020 Prayers for the Dead in the Bible and in Tradition Question: Where do we find any evidence that praying for the dead is a biblical? From what I have read it appears that the…
November 5, 2020 Edith Piaf: Miraculous Healing and Conversion to Orthodoxy In December this year, the world will celebrate the 105th anniversary since the birth of the world-famous French singer and film actress Edith Piaf….
November 5, 2020 Communication Technologies — Some Thoughts for Monastics Mobile phones and gadgets should not be used at church to avoid bringing others into temptation I have come to the conclusion that mobile…
November 4, 2020 Has Thomas the Apostle Really Preached in India? Ascending to His Father, Christ commanded His disciples and apostles to preach to all nations, “baptizing them in the name of the Father, and…
November 4, 2020 “Grandma, What Do I Need an Icon for?” A Story about Help from the Most Holy Theotokos My grandmother gave me a small icon of the Most Holy Theotokos for graduation. She said that this old icon had saved her loved…
November 3, 2020 On His Final Journey… It was on the feast day of the Iberian Icon of the Mother of God that we received the sad news that in the…
November 3, 2020 Online Christmas Market: Sharing the Joy of Christmas with No Limits! For many years, the sisters of Saint Elisabeth Convent made it one of their top priorities to travel across Europe and America during the…
November 3, 2020 Why Did God Curse the Earth if It Is Just Adam and Eve Who Have Sinned? Question: Why did the Lord curse the Earth, which He Himself had created? It is not the earth’s fault that Adam and Eve have…
November 2, 2020 Jakobstadt Icon of the Mother of God Feast Days: November 4; July 21 History of the Icon Jakobstadt Icon of the Mother of God has been the only miraculous shrine in…
November 2, 2020 Saint Luke, Apostle, Evangelist and Provider of Songs On October 18, Christians in both East and West commemorate the holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke. But “Provider of Songs”, as above? I made that…
November 2, 2020 If God Is Good, Then Why Is There So Much Evil in the World? Non-believers often ask: if God is good, then why is there so much evil in the world? Notably, when asked by, say, their faithful…
November 1, 2020 The Ministry of Suffering For those of us who are generally physically healthy, it is easy to assume that the real spiritual life consists of such activities as…
