April 15, 2021 “What If an Unconfessed Sin Comes to Mind when I Come to the Chalice after Confession?” The long-term practice of obligatory confession established in our church, besides the obvious advantages, has led many people to view confession not as an…
April 6, 2021 Why Do Liberal Leanings Meet a Suspicious Reaction at Church? We, the Orthodox, are often reproached with being conservative. “Why cannot you open up more? Why are you still clinging to the middle ages?”…
February 6, 2021 Do I need to Bow Down to the Ground During the Proclamation “The Holy Gifts, for the Holy people of God”? Question: Every time during the liturgy, when the priest proclaims “The Holy Gifts, for the Holy people of God”, I watch almost the entire…
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….
