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…
October 30, 2020 Saint Macrina, the Fourth Great Cappadocian? Saint Macrina is a well-known ascetic, sister of Saints Gregory of Nyssa and Basil the Great, two of the three great Cappadocian church fathers….
October 30, 2020 What Does “Aionion” Mean? In the debate about the theological validity of Christian universalism one sometimes finds discussion about the meaning of the word “eternal” in Matthew 25:46….
October 29, 2020 “Before and After Giving Birth a Virgin”. Icon of the Mother of God Commemorated on 17 (30) October The icon was brought to the Nikolo-Peshnoshsky monastery by the famous Moscow merchant Alexei Grigorievich Mokeev, when he decided…
October 29, 2020 A High-Tech Amulet or “Why Do We Wear a Cross around Our Neck?” Hotel staff and residents of resort areas often distinguish our tourists at first sight, notably, not by our behavior, cultural standards, language knowledge or…
October 28, 2020 Menorah: Jewish Seven-Branched Candlestick in an Orthodox Church Menorah (Hebrew מְנוֹרָה lit. lamp) is a golden lamp of seven candlesticks, which was kept in the Tabernacle, and then in Solomon’s Temple until…
