August 19, 2019 123 0 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 159 0 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 148 0 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 150 0 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 1531 0 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 195 0 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 771 0 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 359 0 Saint 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…
August 16, 2019 323 0 The Way of Love is the Way of Co-suffering Nicholas Kotar in his book, The Song of the Sirin (Raven Son Book 1), has one of his characters ask a thought provoking question –…
August 15, 2019 97 0 How God Kept a Guy Off Another Person’s Treasure We were sitting with my friends one cozy evening and recalling cases of God’s help, in which the events took an unanticipated turn, contrary…