November 16, 2020 221 0 What to Do when Spiritual Life Becomes a Routine? Question: It worries me that I fulfil most of my duties as a believer, led by the principle “this has to be done”, sometimes…
November 6, 2020 566 1 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…
October 13, 2020 2603 1 What Can and What Cannot an Orthodox Christian Do on Holidays? “Remember the Sabbath day,” or, in layman language, “you can’t work on holidays,” is perhaps the most “popular” commandment both in the church environment…
October 11, 2020 237 0 Do not Deprive God of an Opportunity to Save You Some time ago we received a difficult question, “How to overcome the fear of death”. We asked Archpriest Igor Fomin to answer this letter….
September 13, 2020 86 0 Why Would the Lord Want to Interfere with Man’s Free Choices? Q: Why would the Lord want to interfere with man’s free choices? Adam and Eve made a free decision – they committed the original…
September 5, 2020 183 0 How May We Know That We Are Living in the Spirit? What do we mean by living in the spirit? High spirituality enjoys much acclaim in many works of literature, art, music and cinema; even…
August 31, 2020 111 0 What Should I Do When Liturgical Life Becomes a Routine? At times an “experienced” church-goer may stop discovering anything new in church life. It becomes all too familiar and brings no more joy. Such…
August 10, 2020 116 0 The Lesser of Two Evils In difficult life circumstances we often have to select from two or more evils. Can a choice like this be based on Christian principles?…
June 2, 2020 143 0 Should Children Be Involved in Church Obedience? Kids look so sweet stepping out onto the ambo! How they try to do everything right, how tightly they hold candles! But few people…
March 31, 2020 146 0 St. Andrew’s Great Canon: a Rival Voice Every year during Lent we invite into our churches a great pastor, St. Andrew of Crete, and listen while he leads us in a…