December 17, 2018 734 0 What Kind of Music Is Forbidden for Christians? Listening to music—and we are talking about secular music, i.e., the music that you often hear on the radio and the TV, for I…
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 7, 2018 717 0 What Epitimia Is and What We Should Do with It Question: What is an epitimia? In what does it consist? Answer: An epitimia (Greek, epitimion, from epi – on, timi – punishment) is a means…
December 4, 2018 82 0 Children Ask about Church Life There are dozens of children’s questions concerning prayer, icons, and church worship… in general, everything related to life in the Church. We’ve collected…
December 2, 2018 195 0 The Question of Our Sins Commited before Baptism Question: I was Baptized five years ago. I have never been to Confession. I want to confess during the Great Fast. Is it necessary…
November 25, 2018 261 0 Quick Confession: What if I Did not Have Time to Name All My Sins? Question: I prepared for Confession, and wrote my sins on a piece of paper. In the church there were lots of people, and the…
November 16, 2018 185 0 Why so Much Self-humiliation in Prayer? Question: Why is there so much self-humiliation in the prayers from prayerbooks: we have to call ourselves “sinful”, “fool”, “unworthy” and “worthy of conviction…
November 9, 2018 196 0 What Is the Most Suitable Time for Confession? The prayers and services of the Church demonstrate to us the need for regular, weekly Communion. Without it, we cannot expect to live our…
October 30, 2018 190 0 “A Sin not unto Death”: What Do These Words Mean? Question: What does the following phrase from the First Catholic Epistle of St. John the Theologian mean: “All unrighteousness is sin; and there is…
October 28, 2018 637 0 Should My Confession Be Detailed? Question: I read that the sins that you name during your confession will not be recorded by the Satan and will not be brought…