September 18, 2020 169 0 Why Is Fear an Enemy of Faith? To have faith means to trust the Lord and to sense His living presence in one’s life. Faith brings us our inner peace, tranquillity…
September 15, 2020 571 1 Prohibition Was Introduced in This Russian Monastery Village Kostylevo, Sverdlovsk region. Half a thousand kilometers to Yekaterinburg. A little more than 10 years ago, a monastery was established here — Kosminskaya…
September 12, 2020 228 0 Can a Christian Be Demon-Possessed? Believe it or not, I am sometimes asked the question “Can a Christian be demon-possessed?” Not often, admittedly, since our culture declares that demons…
September 7, 2020 299 0 Why Sin Is Not A Moral Problem Many readers have never before heard that there is no such thing as moral progress – so I am not surprised that I have…
September 5, 2020 480 1 The Struggle Against The Normal Life Within the Christianity of our time, the great spiritual conflict, unknown to almost all, is between a naturalistic/secular world of modernity and the sacramental…
August 26, 2020 183 0 Developing a Sacrificial Mindset There are passages in the Scripture that we read, and remember, and even mention in various contexts without truly comprehending their significance. (I rather…
August 12, 2020 99 0 Thoughts on the Structure of an Easter Hymn There is a wonderful troparion in the Orthodox Easter Hours service, which is undoubtedly known and loved by every believer. It is the troparion…
June 20, 2020 960 0 How to Defeat Evil? Evil is not an abstract philosophical category. It is always tied to a specific spiritual entity. You can defeat it if you know one…
June 18, 2020 308 0 I Question My Salvation In a conversation with a protestant who had some knowledge of Orthodoxy, he asked me if I was saved? In fact he wondered if…
June 16, 2020 1118 4 Was Jesus a Revolutionary? Myth Some people say that Jesus was a revolutionary and that because of this He was punished by the authorities. Therefore, it is…