May 23, 2019 813 0 Some Сommentary by C.S. Lewis on How to Fight Lust Please remember from last week that sexual lust is only one form of lust. I’m about to quote from C.S. Lewis again. Why do I…
May 23, 2019 236 0 Having a Choice as Christians: a Word on Our Addiction and Weakness Have you ever noticed that it is really easy for people to become addicts? We look all around us and we find that people…
May 23, 2019 610 0 Some Thoughts on Marriage: Which Sin Cannot Be Forgiven? Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. These…
May 23, 2019 491 0 What Is the Nous and How Is It Connected with the Soul? Question: “What do we mean by the “nous,” how is it distinct from the soul, and are the Orthodox the only ones who speak…
May 23, 2019 544 0 A Personal Story about the Miraculous Help of St. Ephraim of Nea Makri Story of the saint’s help recorded by the sisters of the Nea Makri Convent: My name is T. M. I live in Sweden, although…
May 22, 2019 260 0 The “Model of Meekness”? A Priest on St. Nicholas’ Zeal and Slapping Arius Priest Dimitry Shishkin, rector of the Church of the Protection of the Mother of God in the village of Pochtovoe (diocese of Simperopol and…
May 22, 2019 429 0 Nicholas the Wonderworker: How Could There Be Two of Them? The biography of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker incorporated the biographies of two saints: St. Nicholas of Myra in Lycia and St. Nicholas of Pinara. The first…
May 21, 2019 450 0 Why Denying God’s Providence Is Denying Reality Imagine that you have been sentenced to seven years in a labor camp. The Church is weak, often riddled with spies, while the state…
May 21, 2019 346 0 Why Can’t We Have Panikhidas and Sorokousts for Non-Christians and Unbelievers? The question is imprecise: we may not pray for non-Christians in church; we may pray for unbelievers who were baptized, though. Let me explain….
May 20, 2019 514 0 St. Theophan: “Sin Affects Your Body!” (Acts 9:32–42; John 5:1–15) Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. (John 5:14). Sin affects both one’s soul…