July 24, 2022 What is Holy Water and How to Use It? What is holy water symbolism in the Bible? Where does holy water come from? How to use it correctly and for what purpose? Find…
July 5, 2022 Orthodox Architecture. What Unusual Shapes Can Orthodox Churches Have? What is our idea of an Orthodox church? Today, we might visualise it as a building or rock and mortar, painted in white or…
December 16, 2021 4 Reasons Not to Go to Church Some go to church several times a year, others do not miss a single service, even when they are ill. Who is closest to…
July 16, 2021 Does the Church Pray for Those Who Died from Alcoholism or Drug Addiction? It certainly does; and yet the parallel with the suicides suggests itself and requires a word of clarification. Refusing to carry out funeral services…
July 14, 2021 Why Does the Priest Immerse His Fingers into Baptismal Water and Blow on It? Consecrating the water is the high point in the Sacrament of Baptism. Before we start this complex conversation, let us try to answer the…
July 5, 2021 Is Praying to Mary and the Saints Really Okay? When I first began to investigate Orthodoxy, my main stumbling block to conversion was prayer to Mary and the saints. My Protestant formation had…
June 2, 2021 Why Are Relics of Saints Divided into Particles and Who Divides Them? You can find pieces of relics of various saints in any church. They symbolize the prayerful presence of the deceased saint, to whom the…
June 1, 2021 How to Find Hope in Our Loneliness The question that we received from one of our readers is relevant to many of us today. What might we say to someone who is…
May 29, 2021 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh on Inner Silence Soon after my ordination, I was sent to serve in a retirement home. After the service, a decrepit old woman came up to me…
May 26, 2021 Growing Colder in Faith after a Few Years in Church: Is This Normal? “I used to enjoy prayers, fasts, lengthy services and pilgrimage trips, but suddenly everything changed. Why?” Reason One. Doubts I believe that growing colder…
