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…
August 10, 2020 The Lesser of Two Evils In difficult life circumstances we often have to select from two or more evils. Can a choice like this be based on Christian principles?…
June 2, 2020 Should Children Be Involved in Church Obedience? Kids look so sweet stepping out onto the ambo! How they try to do everything right, how tightly they hold candles! But few people…
March 31, 2020 St. Andrew’s Great Canon: a Rival Voice Every year during Lent we invite into our churches a great pastor, St. Andrew of Crete, and listen while he leads us in a…
March 3, 2020 How to Deal with Physical Fatigue During Worship? Practical Tips A divine service is not a pleasant concert, it is a prayerful effort. After the Fall, everything good is difficult for a person, and…
January 18, 2020 Two Great Blessings of Water on Epiphany One of the main liturgical highlights of the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord is undoubtedly the Great Blessing of Water. The first…
January 18, 2020 The White Vestry Depending on the day of the church year, we see vestments of a particular color in the church. On some holidays, the most significant…
January 17, 2020 What’s So Special about the Epiphany Eve Service? The great and bright feast of Epiphany is coming. It is called the Feast of Lights in liturgical texts because on this day the…
