November 22, 2021 What Is Fasting? From the Life of Venerable Gabriel What makes prayer a sin? One day Father Gabriel asked his visitors, – Can anyone explain what it means when prayer is “imputed as…
October 6, 2021 If I missed a Fasting Day, Can I Fast on a Non-fasting Day Instead? The Typicon has no instruction to ‘make up’ for a missed fasting day, such as Wednesday or Friday, by fasting on another day. But,…
April 2, 2021 Matrix vs. You I remember physics and chemistry lessons teaching us that everything in the world interacts with and has an effect on everything else. Forces of…
March 23, 2021 Last Great Lent of the Russian Royal Family, as Reflected in the Diary of Nicholas II Tsar Nicholas II formally abdicated from the throne on 3 March 1917 and six months later he was exiled to Tobolsk, Russia, together with…
March 19, 2021 When Your Adolescent Refuses to Fast — Advice to Parents When your son or daughter has become an adolescent, the situation may already be beyond repair. By that, I mean that it is too…
March 17, 2021 Canonical Liturgical Readings from the Fathers The time of Great Lent has begun, imparting the atmosphere of religious worship a more repentant and instructive spirit. Many parishes try to follow…
March 16, 2021 Living in God throughout the Great Lent and beyond The Great Lent a special time when we are called to practise abstinence and prayer and perform acts of charity to become a little…
December 16, 2020 Christmas Fast Is Time for Change Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich) dwells on the important things to do during the Nativity Fast 2020 – 2021. What is our life filled with? Usually…
December 5, 2020 Practical Advice on Information Impoverishment as a Way of Fasting Informational fasting is no less important for a modern person than fasting in food. Indeed, gorging on information or, one might even say, “information…
November 30, 2020 Fasting under Crisis Conditions — Vladyka, people today are already deprived of their everyday joys, while fasting seems to be taking away the last remaining of them. How…
