June 13, 2020 1592 0 May an Orthodox Christian Celebrate Their Birthday? “It would be good to say a prayer to the Lord on your birthday. You should not just read it, but feel it” Bishop…
June 12, 2020 122 0 “Seven Times Shall He Rise Again” “So the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?’” (Jos 7:10) A man asked a…
June 9, 2020 443 1 Do We Need Monogamy in Today’s World? Myth Monogamy is outdated. Religious demands for loyalty made sense when there were no effective remedies for unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, and…
June 9, 2020 232 0 Pentecost: The Most Dangerous Time of All People often tell me how beautiful the Lenten and Pascha services are. I’ve never once heard anybody say, “O Father, I so much enjoyed…
June 8, 2020 143 1 Don’t Put Pressure On Your Child All who go to church must be in love with Christ so that others can notice it. Do we not say: “Love cannot be…
May 5, 2020 614 2 Is Orthodoxy Light Over? One friend of mine, a bright man and a talented musician, while being healthy treated faith ironically, sometimes making vulgar jokes on a Christian…
May 5, 2020 130 0 God in the Life of Man One famous Soviet actor, summing up his life, described his greatest tragedy as follows, “I forgot God”. Surprisingly, in our time, even Christians do…
April 30, 2020 294 0 Both Sorrow and Joy Can Serve for Salvation “Two monks once fell into a grave sin. But, in time, they repented and said: “Well, what benefit have we received by leaving the…
April 22, 2020 421 0 The Prospects of Living Without Church: Online Confession and Communion as in the 4th Century A fragment of a conversation with Archbishop Theodosius (Snigiryov) of Boyarka, suffragan bishop under Metropolitan Onuphrius of Kiev and All Ukraine. In view of…
April 17, 2020 221 0 Crucify Him! – Why Do People First Greet Christ and Then Demand His Death? So it came to pass… The same people who greeted Jesus as He entered Jerusalem, shout “Crucify Him” five days later. There is some…