March 1, 2019 “If I Were President Putin…”: How to Reduce the Amount of Divorces The Rev. Dmitry Smirnov is a handsome and appealing man who hails from Moscow bohemian circles. He is the chairman of the Patriarchal Commission…
February 27, 2019 Some Tips That May Be Useful When Crisis Come When a serious issue or a crisis comes into your life, how will you deal with it? For most of us it is a…
February 24, 2019 The Ruby Ring Once there was a King whose most prized possession was a ruby ring that had been in the royal family since before anyone could…
February 24, 2019 Commentary on the Epistle Reading on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son The text of this Epistle (1 Cor. 6:12–20) has always caused confusion among the exegetes of the past who regarded all words as though they…
February 24, 2019 Embracing the Prodigal Son Some people abandon themselves to sin in order to cover up their lack of self esteem. In their need for intimacy and acceptance, they…
February 22, 2019 Mystery of Repentance: How Often Should One Confess? This month, I would like to address how often one should go to Confession. This is not an easy issue to discuss because depending…
February 21, 2019 How Your Daughter Can Help in Your Parish “But what’s my job?” shouted my indignant four-year-old daughter as we cruised down the frozen food aisle. Her nine-year-old sister was reminding me to…
February 19, 2019 Fr. Lawrence Farley: “We’re All Dying, Aren’t We?” “We’re all dying, aren’t we?” These words could have come from the lips of any thoughtful philosopher from the days of Marcus Aurelius on….
February 14, 2019 May an Orthodox Man, Who Wants to Lead a Gospel-driven Life, Watch Beauty Pageants? Question: Should an Orthodox man, who wants to lead a Gospel-driven life, goes to church and participates in the Sacraments, watch beauty pageants? Answer…
February 13, 2019 Dried Fish Phenomenon or How Secularism Affects Our Spiritual Life Do fish know what wetness is or that they are wet? Obviously not, because they have never experienced what it is to be dry—or…
February 5, 2019 What Does Patriarch Kirill Suggest That You Hang in Your Room? It was the 10th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Kirill on February 1. What does His Holiness say about love, prayer, and faith? The…
February 5, 2019 Cain’s Wife: Where Did She Come from? She would have to be another descendant of Adam’s – a sister or cousin to Cain. Incest? So it seems. We should ask, though:…
