January 20, 2021 Why Is It Necessary to Be Turning West and East during Baptism? Along with willingly renouncing Satan, a person being baptized is expected to freely unite with God. This is why after the baptismal candidate or…
December 15, 2020 What if Confession Does Not Bring Relief? On the one hand, the feeling of relief after confession seems self-evident. On the other hand, taking it for granted is based rather on…
December 4, 2020 To the Deniers of the Clergy People have been asking me how I would respond to someone who claims that that the clergy is not necessary and that they do…
November 16, 2020 What to Do when Spiritual Life Becomes a Routine? Question: It worries me that I fulfil most of my duties as a believer, led by the principle “this has to be done”, sometimes…
November 6, 2020 Prayers for the Dead in the Bible and in Tradition Question: Where do we find any evidence that praying for the dead is a biblical? From what I have read it appears that the…
October 13, 2020 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 11, 2020 Do not Deprive God of an Opportunity to Save You Some time ago we received a difficult question, “How to overcome the fear of death”. We asked Archpriest Igor Fomin to answer this letter….
September 13, 2020 Why Would the Lord Want to Interfere with Man’s Free Choices? Q: Why would the Lord want to interfere with man’s free choices? Adam and Eve made a free decision – they committed the original…
September 5, 2020 How May We Know That We Are Living in the Spirit? What do we mean by living in the spirit? High spirituality enjoys much acclaim in many works of literature, art, music and cinema; even…
August 31, 2020 What Should I Do When Liturgical Life Becomes a Routine? At times an “experienced” church-goer may stop discovering anything new in church life. It becomes all too familiar and brings no more joy. Such…
