November 11, 2019 Why Did God Create the Tree of Knowledge? “And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the…
October 30, 2019 Prophet Hosea: The Prophet of Mercy Today, on October 30 (October 17 according to the Julian Calendar), the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the Prophet Hosea, who lived long ago, in…
October 30, 2019 Are Dogs Regarded as Unclean Animals and Can Cats and Dogs Live in The House? The division of animals into clean and unclean is very arbitrary. In fact, it does not exist. Especially in the New Testament Church. Any…
October 24, 2019 The Miracle of Joining the Church John 6:40-44; Acts 8:26-39 Holy Scripture says that God is the Spirit. Although He is everywhere, a sinful person cannot see Him. A human…
October 10, 2019 Some Doubted In a well-known passage from Matthew’s Gospel about one of Christ’s resurrection appearances, the passage read at the baptismal service, we find the following…
October 2, 2019 The Elevation of the Cross – Hard Power vs. Soft Power Pontius Pilate didn’t understand. “So you are a king, then?”, said Governor Pontius Pilate. Pilate understood none of this. He knew the Jews were…
September 30, 2019 Why We Need a God of Wrath Every age faces the temptation to remake the true God in its own image—or in other words, the temptation to idolatry. The brutal ages…
September 28, 2019 Original Sin Does the Orthodox Church recognize the original sin? The question may seem strange, because one can often read in popular and publicly available publications…
September 25, 2019 Why Do We Not Keep the Old Testament Feasts? St. Paul was once intent upon visiting his new convert church in Corinth, and wrote them that he intended to visit them after passing…
September 20, 2019 Who’s Afraid of the Most Holy Virgin Mary? The veneration of the Virgin Mary has long been point of contention among Christians. Although it May be difficult to delineate a uniform position…
