October 3, 2018 173 0 How One Should Read the Holy Scripture in the Right Way Perhaps one of the most memorable verses in the New Testament comes from the Prologue of St. John’s Gospel, “ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος,…
October 2, 2018 136 0 Parable of the Day: What Has Sin in Common with Dirty Laundry? Dirty laundry needs to be washed sooner or later. You can dump the dirty clothes into a huge vat to postpone the unpleasant moment…
September 30, 2018 119 0 3 Points about Holding on to God in the Most Hard Times “Why?” Why didn’t God stop all of these hurricanes? Why did my friends lose their jobs? Why can’t I stop this bad habit? Why…
September 28, 2018 152 0 Parable of the Day: God’s Piggy Bank There was a rich man who helped the poor, and everybody loved him dearly. He had a big iron piggy bank mounted on his…
September 25, 2018 87 0 A Word of Spiritual Advice from Mount Athos Labour as Prayer Your Convent helps many people. We pray that the Lord empowers you to keep up your good work because it is…
September 21, 2018 51 0 The Meaning of Spiritual Life and Spiritual Direction What is “Spiritual Life”? Spiritual life is nothing other than “life in Christ.” In the words of a contemporary Orthodox lay theologian, spirituality…
September 14, 2018 349 0 How to Mark Our Time on Earth: the Ecclesiastical New Year in the Orthodox Church Have you ever noticed the ways we mark the passage of time in our lives? Since my “day job” is in a university, I…
September 12, 2018 75 0 Parable of the Day: The First Step to God There was a man who came to an elder and said: “I’d like to find the way to God. Help me!” The elder looked…
September 11, 2018 71 0 Parable of the Day: A Painting Without Author An atheist came to an elder and started telling him that he didn’t believe in God. He just couldn’t buy the idea of a…
September 10, 2018 172 0 Parable of the Day: The Young Man Who Defeated Death There was a courageous young man who was yearning to find something that couldn’t be found on Earth but at the same time something…