October 19, 2020 Why Did Carl Fabergé Start Making Eggs? Russian jeweller Carl Fabergé is known primarily for his Easter eggs, prized by collectors around the world. But why has Mr. Fabergé chosen that…
October 19, 2020 The Offering of Incense The offering of incense in Orthodox Christian worship is likely the most misunderstood element of that worship. Worship, in general, outside of the Orthodox…
October 18, 2020 Who Is the Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven? The answer is, the children, adult children who have preserved purity, spontaneity, and a kind heart in the path of life in spite of…
October 18, 2020 Why Politicians Fail So Often The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke 6:31-36 The gospel of Jesus Christ always amazes us with it’s brutal simplicity. The…
October 17, 2020 Why It Is Important to Be and Not to Just Appear This age is, probably more than ever, all about posturing. A lot of people on socials are trying to show themselves to those around…
October 17, 2020 The Word, the Mind, and the Heart: Some Practical Tips on Prayer There is a thing called tacit or mental prayer when the praying person, having gathered his mind inside his heart, from there, not audibly,…
October 16, 2020 Where Have the Prayers in the Divine Service Disappeared? “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people” (1 Tim. 2: 1). Following the Apostle’s…
October 16, 2020 Trubchevskaya Icon of the Mother of God Feast Day: 16 October History of the Icon This miraculous image is from the Narovchat Troitse-Scanov Monastery of the Penza diocese. The monastery was…
October 15, 2020 A Groom by Blood. What did Zipporah Mean? There are many cryptic expressions in the Bible, the meaning of which still isn’t completely clear. Such passages are called crux interpretum (literally interpreter’s…
October 15, 2020 Confession Has to Be Repentance, and not a Story about Your Life Often people write down too much in their notes. They go into excessive detail about something or other, which is not quite proper. There…
