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…
July 19, 2019 How to Find “The One” or What an Ideal Marriage Is Question: What Should I Do, if I Have Not yet Met that Special Someone? Answer: What do Orthodox Christians usually advise those who strongly…
July 16, 2019 How to Raise Kind and Caring Children How do we teach empathy to our children? In a society of “me, me, me,” it seems like an uphill battle to instill such…
July 8, 2019 How We Should Understand the Concept of Family Happiness On July 8 (June 25 Old Style) the Church commemorates Sts. Peter and Febronia—a married couple who later lived in the monastic rank. It is…
June 19, 2019 Priest’s Reminder for Father’s Day: “True Success Is Found Within” Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s and Grandpa’s! (June 19th if you’ve forgotten.) The poem below was given to me many years ago…