January 3, 2021 76 0 Sunday before the Nativity In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! Today is a special Sunday, because it precedes the feast of…
December 28, 2020 89 0 About the Wide Path Luke 13: 18-29 Ephesians 2: 11-13 The Lord once said: “Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek…
December 23, 2020 191 0 About St Nicholas, Helping God-seeking Non-believers Discover Christ In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! We call St Nicholas the great Wonderworker not only because his…
December 23, 2020 99 0 “Everyone’s Life Has Its Purpose” In the Gospel of Mark, the Lord explains to the disciples the parable of the sower (see: Mark 4: 10-23). This episode gave me…
December 20, 2020 123 0 Gratitude Gives Rise to Faith There is a lot of evidence that writing down five things for which you are grateful each day is good for your health, both…
December 19, 2020 116 0 How to Get a Reward from God? Luke 6:31-36 2 Cor. 11:31-12:9 St Luke the Evangelist conveys to us the following words of Christ: “If you love those who love you,…
December 7, 2020 147 0 Where Is the Kingdom of Heaven? Luke 17: 20-25 1 Tim. 5: 1-10 Once the Pharisees asked the Lord Jesus Christ, “When will the Kingdom of God come”? The question…
December 5, 2020 258 0 God’s Providence Is Inscrutable A story of a monk who prayed about knowing God’s inconceivable ways Instead of humbly bowing before God, inscrutable in His ways and actions,…
November 29, 2020 198 0 The Life in Christ Is a Life of Continually Remembering that I Am the Poor and Needy One Reading the Parable of the Good Samaritan Almost every contemporary biblical commentary interprets the parable of the Good Samaritan as moral exhortation. But this…
November 24, 2020 56 0 About Distributing the Food Allowance Luke 12: 42-48 2 Thes. 1:10–2:2 Once the Lord told a parable about slaves who were honestly staying awake, diligently doing their assigned work…