“Why Orthodox Christians Are so Angry?” How Should I Reply to my Husband’s...
Lately, when reports of rise in salaries everywhere started to appear on TV, for some reason my husband and I didn’t have enough money and he has become a taxi driver to earn extra money. One day he...
View ArticleUndue Concern over Others’ Problems
There is a deep chasm between genuine and sincere concern for the problems that beset others versus undue personal disturbance. One of the major disaffirmative consequences of an undue concern for...
View ArticleWhy Hold Processions?
The tradition of religious processions has a very ancient history. It begins, in a sense, as early as the Old Testament times. In essence, the procession of the cross is a march, a journey led by the...
View Article“They Come to Christ and Must Display Some Kind of Theatrical Performance.”...
“Today, people who have sincerely been in the Orthodox Church for many years, who used to participate in the Sacraments and submit to the traditional discipline, are leaving the church. How can it...
View ArticleI Used to Laugh at the Church and Now I am Restoring a Temple – an Unusual...
He was a sea cook, a painter, a locksmith, and … a downright atheist. And then he came to an exhibition in Moscow, and his life turned upside down. Today, a famous artist Pavel Popov lives in the...
View ArticleChildren in the Church
“Suffer little children, and forbid them not to come unto me; for such is the Kingdom of Heaven” (Matthew 19) One of the greatest compliments that I receive from visitors and outsiders who follow our...
View ArticleWe Must Take Orthodoxy Beyond the External
We must guard against noticing when another parishioner seems careless in the making of the sign of the cross, while we go about demonstrating for all around us, the proper way. Making sweeping signs...
View Article“I Hate Not Man, But His Sin!” We Often Say This, But What Do We Want For A...
The one who loves wants correction, not punishment The post “I Hate Not Man, But His Sin!” We Often Say This, But What Do We Want For A Sinner? appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website.
View ArticleOur Laziness and Misplaced Priorities
Our laziness and misplaced priorities regarding the Sunday and holy day services, keep us from our obligations to God, and endanger the soul, for in keeping ourselves away from God’s temple, we remain...
View ArticleHow Do We Keep Our Youth in the Church?
We are living in an age that has witnessed changes on a massive scale as never before. The way we communicate has changed with the coming of the internet, with information available that would have...
View ArticleChrist for the World! and How to Do It
“Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Matthew 28:19 That...
View ArticleWhat Is the Essence of the Orthodox Faith And Why Do I Need to Go to Church?
Replies Archimandrite Markell (Pavuk), spiritual father of the Kiev Theological Schools: It is very joyful that a lot of people come to the church on the feast of Christ’s Baptism. This can also happen...
View ArticleWhere Do You Get Motivation?
Reader’s question: Good afternoon! I am 42, married, a housewife for 4 years already. I am Orthodox, but over the past 10 years I have read only a few Orthodox books, and I have not fully studied the...
View ArticleArchimandrite Andrew Konanos on How to Warm Up Your Neighbor
What did God say? “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” That all your loved ones, and your children, may see your good...
View ArticleChildren In Church
We can’t say that the topic of children in a church is new or unusual. The post Children In Church appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website.
View ArticleNone Of Us Can Do Everything
In chapter 21 of the homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian, the Saint gives some useful, but what may seem at first to be controversial, advice. St. Isaac presents this advice in the context of a...
View ArticleWhere’s The Love?
In a post on the struggles of Abbess Thaisia I wrote of a young nun’s struggle to find peace in her calling when there seemed to be no love in those around her. The following comment was left on that...
View ArticleThe Three Principles of Orthodox Spirituality: The Path to Prayer
In this lucid and accessible talk, Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) takes us to the heart of Orthodox spirituality. His approach here is emphatically practical, rather than theoretical or technical. In...
View ArticleThe Community We All Need
I am publishing this from the archives of the blog. During a time when many practice “social distancing” in the face of the Covid19 virus, we do well to think about the nature of what we have lost...
View ArticlePrayers for Protection against Malicious Contagion Offered in Norwegian...
A cross procession with an icon and a shrine with a particle of the holy relics of the Holy King Olaf of Norway took place in Trondheim (Norway) on April 2-5, 2020. The participants of the cross...
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