August 20, 2019 The Icon of Sophia, the Wisdom of God (of Kiev) There are a number of icons depicting Sophia, the Wisdom of God, in the Russian Orthodox Church, namely, in Kiev, Novgorod, Vologda, Tobolsk, Moscow,…
August 20, 2019 Should Orthodox Christians Let Their Children Associate with Unbelievers? “We have a problem: our son is friends with a boy next door. His parents are totally worldly people—they don’t go to church, they…
August 19, 2019 Why Do Farmers Bring Their Produce to Church for Consecration? Adam’s sons were the first to start bringing some of the fruit of the ground as an offering to God (Gen. 4:2-4). Since Moses, the…
August 19, 2019 The Tale of Three Sons There was once a man who had three sons. One day, the first son came to his father and said, “Dad, everyone knows you’re…
August 19, 2019 The Glory of the Divinity Hidden by the Humanity By His Transfiguration, the Lord showed His disciples how He was going to come on the last day in the glory of His Divinity…
August 18, 2019 The Narthex as a Dynamic Place of Transformation The icon of the Fest of Transfiguration‚ which we celebrate on August 6th‚ is a beautiful metaphor for the union and the reconciliation that Christ brings…
August 18, 2019 How Saints Raised Their Children There were saints who raised their own children to become saints, too. Their experience clearly confirms a favorite saying of Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of…
August 17, 2019 Elder Joseph the Hesychast: Spiritual Journey Our natural state is darkness in comparison to divine grace. How much more so when the gloomy demons approach us, which are dark by…
August 17, 2019 Saint Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky): I’m Out of Work as Bishop There is a very special story in the Gospel of Mark about the relation between faith and doubt. One day, people brought a possessed…
August 16, 2019 Western Saints in Russian Church Calendar. St. Lupus of Troyes Fifteen new saints were added to the list of saints of the Russian Church two years ago. They are ancient saints of the Western…
