August 6, 2018 46 0 St. John the Russian Fund Organised Pilgrimages for People with Special Needs Recently, volunteers of the Fund in honour of St. John the Russian have organised two pilgrimages for children and adults who live in boarding…
August 5, 2018 499 0 Why Spiritual Ignorance Is so Dangerous for a Christian I remember, as an undergraduate student in a university chemistry laboratory, a fellow student who was having tremendous difficulty understanding the basic principles of…
August 5, 2018 276 0 St. Nikolai Velimirovich on How God Whitens the One Who Repents Though your sins be like scarlet, they may be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool…
August 5, 2018 198 0 3 Steps of Becoming an Orthodox Christian So, you’re exploring the idea of joining the Orthodox Church? Relax! It is a joyful and well worn path, with many souls who…
August 3, 2018 48 0 Parable of the Day: Explaining the Concept of Paradise Saint Innocent (Veniaminov) of Moscow used the following parable to explain the concept of the Kingdom of Heaven to his parishioners. – Imagine…
August 3, 2018 108 0 An Interview with Patriarch Bartholomew I on the Place of the Church in the World This interview comes days after His All Holiness paid a visit to Bulgaria for the opening of new churches in the Burgas region where…
August 3, 2018 244 0 Tentmaking for Present Day Clerics or How Priests Combine Their Service with a Second Job When people meet me, they are usually surprised to learn that not only am I an Orthodox Christian priest, but that I also work…
August 2, 2018 95 0 Parable of the Day: How We Turn into Thankless Beggars In a certain village, there was a priest. This is a story he told the people who did not go to church on Sundays:…
August 2, 2018 121 0 What to Do When Your Child States a Conflict Between Church and Science Problem: While on Christmas vacation from college, my daughter told me that one of her professors said that sex outside marriage was not against…
August 2, 2018 117 3 Does God not Hear Me if My Depression Is not Going away? Question: I have persistent depression and a certain inner tension, I have asked God to forgive my sins, but it seems to me that…