February 16, 2020 They Want Me To Go To Church Not So Much For My Sake As For Their Sake A child once told me, “Father, I would like to go to church in the morning. I really want to go.” “Great,” I tell…
January 21, 2020 Why a Child Is Not the Center and Meaning of a Family In Orthodox circles, it is often heard that the meaning of creating a family is childbearing, and for those who cannot have children, there…
January 17, 2020 The High and Holy Calling of Being a Wife An excerpt from “Glory and Honor: Orthodox Christian Resources on Marriage,” edited by David and Mary Ford, St Vladimir’s Seminary Press. Why do people get married?…
December 27, 2019 Archimandrite Andrew (Konanos): If a Child Smokes, Parents Should Blame Themselves If a sinful man looks up to God and says, “My God, I have sinned before You, I have made such a sin. Punish…
December 22, 2019 Fr. Andrew (Konanos): How Not to Turn the Children Away From God Think about how free Christ was, how freely He dealt with His disciples. When some of his followers left him, he said to his…
December 17, 2019 Saint Theophan the Recluse: How to Keep Righteousness in Family Life The Attitude of The Mother-In-Law to A Newly-Married Daughter-In-Law However, I am writing to you to ease your concerns; “what kind of person she…
December 3, 2019 What a Christian Child in Russia Struggle with Today? The relationship between religious children and the world, or rather between children from Christian families and their non-religious peers, is a challenging topic. The…
November 19, 2019 Lifehacks of Matushka Elena Matushka Elena Ovcharenko is a mother of eight and the wife of Archpriest Alexander, a priest of the Diocese of Zaporozhye. Personal Motto “Live…
November 5, 2019 Children Are Their Parents’ Crystal Copies Everyone knows that we raise children, not with words, but with our actions. A child grows and forms in the image and likeness of…
September 12, 2019 Say No to Cartoons: Reclaim Childhood I used to work as a babysitter in a family where cartoons were a kind of reward and, accordingly, a ban on them was…
