March 4, 2021 504 0 I Have Heard That The Church Condemns Money Lending. Does This Mean That I Should Not Be Opening A Savings Account? Lending money with interest (or usury) is not simply condemned by the church; it is unambiguously and clearly prohibited by the Holy Scriptures. Deuteronomy,…
March 4, 2021 343 0 Is There a Need to Consecrate an Apartment after a Person’s Death? Q: Do I need to somehow “clean” or consecrate my apartment after my family member died in it? I have heard that you can’t…
February 28, 2021 405 0 The High Expectations of Today’s Prodigal Sons Every word in the parable of the Prodigal Son is important, and the church has spent centuries exploring its meaning. However, our perception of…
February 28, 2021 78 0 Moses and the Ten Words Recently I read an interesting critique of American Christianity. It pointed out that in an earlier day the schoolrooms for our children used to…
February 26, 2021 112 0 Autocephalous Church Over the centuries, the Church founded by Christ has expanded the area of its presence and increased the number of its communities. The small…
February 26, 2021 671 0 Interpreting Psalm 137: Why Weep by the Rivers of Babylon, and Whose Infants Were Dashed against the Rocks? Part 1. Causes of the Babylonian captivity Preparation for the Great Lent has begun. The Church attunes its followers to this salvific journey of…
February 22, 2021 185 1 Sex and Teenagers Anita Wood Brewer was Elvis Presley’s girlfriend from 1957-1962. The cultural understanding of sex and dating was drastically different in the 1950’s and the…
February 16, 2021 236 0 Is It a Sin to Feel Happy? The feeling of happiness, like any other human feeling, is quite subjective. If we look at it impartially, without regard to its content, then…
February 12, 2021 238 0 Can We Find Healing in the Occult? Some who turn to sorcerers or occult practitioners will delude themselves into thinking that their healing is from God because they put icons everywhere….
February 6, 2021 175 0 Do I need to Bow Down to the Ground During the Proclamation “The Holy Gifts, for the Holy people of God”? Question: Every time during the liturgy, when the priest proclaims “The Holy Gifts, for the Holy people of God”, I watch almost the entire…