October 17, 2020 135 0 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 404 0 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 485 0 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 135 0 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 825 0 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 755 2 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…
October 14, 2020 482 0 How Russian Icon Painting Glorified the Protection of the Mother of God For a long time the Protection of the Holy Virgin, or the Pokrov* has been especially revered in the Russian land. Notably, the early…
October 13, 2020 2599 1 What Can and What Cannot an Orthodox Christian Do on Holidays? “Remember the Sabbath day,” or, in layman language, “you can’t work on holidays,” is perhaps the most “popular” commandment both in the church environment…
October 13, 2020 1270 0 Saint Silouan the Athonite and His Experience of Confronting Demonic Powers Quite a lot has been said about him, and I’m unlikely to write something new here. When you read the lives or works of…
October 13, 2020 270 0 I Met an Angel at Jordanville Once I met an angel at Jordanville once. That angel took the time to correct and challenge me to see the beauty, the holiness, in every person…