December 11, 2018 313 0 The Nativity Fast: What Can We Do with Christmas Parties? Question: “Now that the Christmas season has begun — in our secular society called the “holiday season” — there are parties held at workplaces. But…
December 10, 2018 146 0 Q&A with a Priest: “What If We Can’t Have Kids?” There are many couples who cannot become parents. How should they view their childlessness if it was sent by God? It’s hard for…
December 3, 2018 190 2 Q&A with a Priest: What Does It Mean to Be a Priest’s Wife? Question: Your blessing, Father. What should I do: my husband has become a priest but I’m not the right kind of a person to…
November 19, 2018 68 0 Three Questions for the Spiritual Father of St. Elisabeth Convent Archpriest Andrew Lemeshonok, the spiritual father of St. Elisabeth Convent, answers various questions of the parishioners. It Seems to Me That I Don’t Grow…
November 15, 2018 546 4 The Problem of “Unclean” Women and Holy Communion Question: Explain to me, please, why women may not enter a church when they are unclean (during menstruation)? After what period of time after the…
November 12, 2018 96 0 Q&A with a Priest: Is Fear Also a Sin and How Can We Overcome It? Question: Fr. Andrew, could you explain what are fear and fright from the Orthodox viewpoint? There prayers against fright, dread, fear and curse. Is…
November 7, 2018 328 0 “Let Your Women Keep Silence”: the Qustion of Women Singing in Church Question: “What does St Paul mean when he says “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to…
October 29, 2018 134 0 Why Some Saints Are “Greater” than Others Question: Why do the Orthodox use the title “The Great” for some saints (e.g., Anthony the Great), when it is used of pagan and Jewish…
October 28, 2018 974 1 Can Non-Orthodox People Reach Salvation? Question: When Church Fathers such as Cyprian of Carthage make such bold statements as, “He cannot have God for his Father, who has not…
October 22, 2018 79 0 Q&A with a Priest: What If Doctors Say We Can’t Have Children? Question: Father Andrew, please tell us what to do. We’re married for more than two years now, and we had a church wedding. We’ve found out…