April 11, 2019 “Horoscope for a Bishop” or Why People Are Disappointed When a Priest Can’t Foretell God’s Will It is quite normal for a believer to try to find out God’s will concerning himself and his life. The problem is how to…
April 11, 2019 The Battlefield within our Hearts Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You! (Ps. 119:11) Years ago, I heard a statement…
April 11, 2019 Why Living without Tension Is a Bad Goal for a Christian Those who follow much of the current pop-psychology and religious thought might be under the impression that perfect, unending peace of mind is the…
April 8, 2019 Gratitude as the Key Element of Spiritual Life In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. (1 Thess. 5:18) What can console and lift up…
April 7, 2019 On Sudden Death Nowadays when science and technology are flying, when cultures converge and there is a crisis in values, even the word ‘death’ is avoided and…
March 29, 2019 The Most Suitable Time for Changing Ourselves Father Alexander Volokhov is the rector of the Nikitskaya church of the Domodedovsky deanery. We’ve asked Fr Alexander to share his thoughts on how…
March 27, 2019 “The Uncomfortable Book”: How Classical Literature Helps in Understanding Our Faith Thus, though exiled to the earth, we ascend to the heaven by love… – Valery Bryusov Apart from the works of spiritual literature, it…
March 27, 2019 On Finding Time for God, for Yourself and for Others during Great Lent As I prepared for my first confession some years ago, I was given a rubric that I still follow. It asks me to reflect…
March 27, 2019 Why Orthodoxy Is not a Religion According to Fr. Alexander Schmemann, Orthodox Christianity is not a religion. In his For the Life of the World, he wrote, “Christianity is in a…
March 21, 2019 “At Confession, All of Your Sins Are Either Forgiven or not Forgiven” When people come to a confession, they sometimes try to list all their possible sins, including the most insignificant ones (e.g., I ate a…
March 8, 2019 Why Grumbling Diminishes All Your Patience Have you noticed how often we find ourselves grumbling about this or that? It seems that it is our nature to complain about…
March 3, 2019 7 Reasons for Pride and 7 Pieces of Advice on How to Cope with This Passion Pride is the most terrible passion in a human soul. It was because of pride that Lucifer fell. It was because of pride that…
