January 10, 2019 “I’m Not a Descendant of Apes”: a Problematic Question of Our Origin I’m not their descendant, and that’s it. That’s why it sounds so scandalous. I’ve read a lot on this topic, but just as I…
January 10, 2019 Home Alone: The Hidden Message of the Movie Things hidden in plain sight tend to be the hardest to find. That was exactly the case with me and Home Alone movie….
December 28, 2018 Doing the Right Thing, for the Right Reason and at the Right Time “We must force ourselves to do good.” – St. Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox Christians do very little by whim. This is not…
December 24, 2018 Fr. Andrew (Konanos): Spiritual Life Must Be Without Sanctimony Our life is filled with difficulties but after all, don’t they happen to us because of our own passions? Don’t they happen because of…
December 22, 2018 How to Bring Some Light into “Deserted” Church Here’s something I hear from time to time: “I’d like to join the Orthodox Church, but I visited a local church and it just…
December 21, 2018 Fighting Boredom While Reading Bible or Why Discipline and Diligence Are Necessary I read the Bible through the first time when I was in high school. I was part of a youth group that made it…
December 17, 2018 The Season of Gifts and Our Ability to Give What’s the Most Precious to Us We often call Christmas the “season of giving”. If you are like me, most of that giving is in material things. Toys for little…
December 14, 2018 The Parallel between Swimming and Living a Spiritual Life Learning to Swim I learned to swim at an early age. I remember, before I started taking official lessons, my father taught me…
December 13, 2018 “Do not Pre-celebrate Christmas!” or Some Features of the Orthodox Advent Season The Advent Season, which began for us on November 15/28, is a time for anticipating the “Good News” of the Lord’s Birth. As with…
December 12, 2018 What Does Physical Health Mean for Orthodox Christians? There’s a slim chance of finding someone who will openly claim that she wants to be sick. It seems natural to want to be…
December 9, 2018 Lost Keys or How We Look for the Truth in Wrong Places Last week, I dropped by a friend’s house and found him on his hands and knees in the front yard. He was frantically searching…
December 8, 2018 Annunciation as the Beginning of the Nativity Story And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy…
