March 4, 2020 344 0 Silence Is the Mystery of the Age to Come Silence helps us to immerse ourselves in the tranquility that can be a place for us to face God and ourselves. Saint Theophan the…
March 3, 2020 1267 0 How to Become Like Christ this Lent Forgiving is one of serious tests for people. Very serious, because at the moment a person forgives, he can become like Christ. In general,…
March 3, 2020 249 0 Free and Creative Approach to the Lent Matthew 6:14-21 Romans 13:11-14:4 Prayer is to be addressed to God. Giving alms and fasting are also commanded by God. Therefore, when thou fastest, anoint thine…
February 9, 2020 937 0 Fasting Twice a Week: Why the Orthodox Adopted Things Christ Condemned Question: “Christ gave a parable about the Pharisee and how he fasts twice a week (Luke 18:12). Why did the Orthodox adopt things Christ…
February 9, 2020 264 0 The Publican and Me One of the lessons of the Gospel Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee (Luke 18:10-14) is that humility is a virtue needed as…
January 6, 2020 208 0 Christmas Eve: Can One Eat Nothing All Day? The tradition of abstinence from food throughout the day or even several days goes back to the time of the Old Testament. Such fast…
December 26, 2019 251 0 The Point of Fast: Byzantine Historians about Saint Spyridon There are valuable testimonies of Socrates Scholasticus, Sozomen and Rufinus, Byzantine historians of the second half of the 4th – 5th centuries, of Saint…
December 9, 2019 307 1 How Not to Eat Each Other While Fasting I have been talking with people of the Church live and on social media for quite a few years now, and I have noticed…
November 29, 2019 369 0 The Point of the Fast: To Win Back the Occupied Territory Each fast is a military campaign. We oppose the enemy in order to win our territory back, if not all of it, then at…
November 28, 2019 284 0 St. Paisius (Velichkovsky) on Fasting St. Paisius (1722-1794) was born Peter Velichkovsky in Poltava, Ukraine, to a priestly family. At age thirteen he entered the Kiev Theological School with…