May 19, 2021 172 0 Thoughts on White Magic John 6: 27-33 After the stoning of Stephen, “there arose … a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered…
March 2, 2021 486 2 Preaching Christ with a Paintbrush This giant painting took Alexander Ivanov 20 years to complete and is now displayed at the Tretyakov Gallery of Moscow. To complete this work,…
March 1, 2021 142 2 The Drug That You Watch I find nursing homes depressing, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. I wonder, though, if others share my reason. It’s not the…
February 22, 2021 110 0 How Long before Political Correctness Brings Animal Rights Fighters to Start Questioning the Bible? The fine balance between protecting animal rights and attacking humans. People whom we would now call activists have existed in all times. They are…
February 10, 2021 132 0 “What Can the Righteous Do?” I sometimes find that it is very depressing not to live under a rock. If I lived under a rock, I would not know…
February 1, 2021 181 0 What is Paleh? Anatoly Vlezko, leader of the workshop “Palehsky Ikonostas”, answers. Paleh is an old Russian village, now an urban-type settlement in Ivanovo Region of Russia….
January 31, 2021 1072 0 What Did St Paisios Do when Scorsese Released His “Last Temptation of Christ” in 1988? In November 1988, Elder Paisios left the Holy Mountain for two reasons. First, he wanted to attend the all-night vigil in memory of the…
January 26, 2021 3986 2 Is It True that Chess Is a Demons’ Game? At first sight, opposition to chess on religious grounds seems a strange proposition. Today, chess is a popular pastime and sport, just as football…
January 13, 2021 258 0 The History and Tradition of Nativity Scenes The beautiful tradition of putting up a nativity scene on Christmas exists in many homes. Nativity scenes are models of the Bethlehem cave, and…
January 5, 2021 343 4 About the Recent Atheists’ “Prayer Experiment” Some atheists refer to an experiment performed in the US and funded by the Templeton Foundation with a view to determine the effectiveness of…
