October 9, 2018 Parable of the Day: Starfish on the Shore A man was walking down the sea shore and saw a boy lifting something up from the sand and throwing it into the sea….
October 8, 2018 Parable of the Day: The Thankless Beggar In a certain village, there was a priest. This is a story he told the people who did not go to church on Sundays:…
October 7, 2018 “Who Ate Prophet Jonah?” or Why It Is Important to Understand the Language of Bible “So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. Then the men feared the Lord…
October 5, 2018 Parable of the Day: Searching for Peace Outside and Inside There was an old man who liked fine arts. He was collecting paintings his entire life, and he finally acquired a formidable collection of…
October 4, 2018 Parable of the Day: Your Salvation Depends on What You Do There was a man who accumulated a lot of wealth. He never wanted to go to church to confess or donate. He had a…
October 3, 2018 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
