August 31, 2018 Three Short Parables About People Who Left the Church Three parables about the people who left the Church because they had been hurt by tactless and rude people: 1. Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov…
August 31, 2018 The Paradoxes of Spiritual Life: How Repentance Makes Us See Spiritual life is full of paradoxes. Thus, an individual doesn’t notice his sins before he turns to God. He can’t even imagine that he…
August 31, 2018 “Greet One Another with a Holy Kiss”: the Historical Meaning of the “Holy Kiss” Next in this commentary series on the Divine Liturgy I would like examine the Peace and the Creed. The liturgical exchange of the Peace…
August 30, 2018 Photo Blog: a New Tradition on the Feast Day of the Transfiguration of the Lord On the feast day of the Transfiguration of the Lord, a night festive Liturgy was celebrated on the territory of the Men’s rehabilitation center…
August 30, 2018 The Role of Cross Processions in Orthodox Christianity Cross processions in Russia have a vibrant history and are hugely popular. So much so that 60,000 Russians are willing to walk 100 miles…
August 30, 2018 How To Deal With an Alcoholic Relative Question: My son drinks heavily and keeps telling me that he doesn’t want to live any longer. He says, “I’m going to hang myself….
August 29, 2018 Four Pious Experiments with Tongue and Toothpaste A rude word out of a baby’s mouth isn’t something extraordinary nowadays. A four-year-old toddler can sometimes say a foul word that a drunken…
August 29, 2018 From Robber to Saint: the Life Story of St. Moses the Black St. Moses is a perfect example, like St. Mary of Egypt, that sometimes the greatest sinners can become the greatest saints, by means of…
August 29, 2018 Parable of the Day: Two Monks and a Woman Two monks had to cross a turbulent river. A pretty young woman asked them to help her to cross the river because it was…
August 28, 2018 The Dormition of the Mother of God: the End of the Path to the Holy of Holies The Mother of God reached the end of her earthly life. For quite a long time (and even today), the life of the Mother…