April 7, 2019 1086 0 How not to Throw Yourself down the Ladder The fourth Sunday of the Great Lent is dedicated to the memory of Saint John Climacus (†649), a great Orthodox ascetic. St. John was the…
April 2, 2019 2014 0 When Is Communion Forbidden During the Lent and Why? There is no such thing as a prohibition of communion in the Orthodox Church. The Sacrament of Eucharist is the ultimate sacred ritual there…
April 1, 2019 307 0 Understanding Stability as a Christian Virtue As we began this month our journey towards Great Lent let us take some time to contemplate the importance of stability. This crazy, technologically…
March 31, 2019 971 2 How Can We Bear Our Cross and What Does It Mean Exactly? The third week of the Great Lent is called the Week of the Veneration of the Holy Cross. We venerate the Holy Cross of…
March 29, 2019 150 0 The Most Suitable Time for Changing Ourselves Father Alexander Volokhov is the rector of the Nikitskaya church of the Domodedovsky deanery. We’ve asked Fr Alexander to share his thoughts on how…
March 25, 2019 313 0 Spiritual Readings for Great Lent Lent seems like a long time at the beginning, but it can pass you by quickly, if you don’t make a point of…
March 24, 2019 794 0 St. Gregory Palamas: 9 Facts about the Originator of the Tabor Light Teaching We commemorate the great theologian and monk Saint Gregory Palamas on the second Sunday of the Great Lent. When we mention the name of this saint…
March 19, 2019 191 0 Why Is It Forbidden to Get Married During the Lent? Longing for a source of joy that you’ve lost can make all other delights of the world seem unimportant. Everything has its time and…
March 13, 2019 260 0 Simple Tips on How to Keep Lent in Your Family Let’s be honest: how do we moms feel when we suddenly realize while we are in Liturgy, that the Gospel reading for the Sunday…
March 12, 2019 289 0 Some Key Points of the Orthodox Christian Way of Fasting The sacred and venerable discipline of fasting in the Orthodox Church, linked to both the Old and New Testaments, is a tradition which continues…