May 31, 2019 How Reason and Logic Become the Important Elements of Our Spiritual life I was trained as an engineer so I have an orientation to viewing things from a logical and scientific perspective. But this view…
May 29, 2019 Russian Orthodox Philosopher on Why All Believers Are Monks in Fact An excerpt from The Light Shineth in the Darkness by the Russian Orthodox Philosopher S. L. Frank: “A number of monastic orders have…
May 28, 2019 “What Do You Mean by ‘Ecumenical’?” My guess is that nothing can stop Orthodox conversation and divide a room quite so fast as someone loudly asking the question, “How ecumenical…
May 23, 2019 Some Сommentary by C.S. Lewis on How to Fight Lust Please remember from last week that sexual lust is only one form of lust. I’m about to quote from C.S. Lewis again. Why do I…
May 22, 2019 The “Model of Meekness”? A Priest on St. Nicholas’ Zeal and Slapping Arius Priest Dimitry Shishkin, rector of the Church of the Protection of the Mother of God in the village of Pochtovoe (diocese of Simperopol and…
May 16, 2019 Boris and Gleb: the First Russians Canonized in the History of the Church Holy Right-Believing Princes Boris and Gleb were the first Russians to be canonized by the Church. To a modern-day person, the actions that made…
May 15, 2019 “Priest Is Always Right?” A Difficult Question of Communication with Priests A priest refused to give communion to a one-year-old baby who had drunk some milk two hours before. Both his biological mother and his…
May 14, 2019 Concern Over God’s Judgement In homily 51, St. Isaac begins a paragraph by quoting St. Gregory (I don’t know which one): “He is a temple of grace who…
May 14, 2019 On Not Judging Monks Story of Monk Daniel who was falsely accused of fornication. Prologue on March 18. If there’s one group of people that attracts a disproportionate…
May 11, 2019 Why not to Have a Fixed Day for Pascha? Recently there has been some talk in church circles of changing the present calendar so that Pascha (or “Easter” as it is known in…
May 10, 2019 Priest as a Model of a Christian Life “Be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (St. Paul’s first letter to Timothy…
May 8, 2019 Tithes and Firstfruits “Honor the Lord with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your produce.” (Proverbs 3:9) In ancient Israel, the Church of the Old…
