May 11, 2018 169 0 8 Tips for a Proper Confession Before confession, each person must attempt to recall all of his sins, voluntary and involuntary, must attentively go over his life in order, to…
April 27, 2018 1547 24 Church Etiquette or Some Things You Should Know while in Church In the Orthodox Church, there are a lot of customs and traditions that are important parts of our worship. Some are cultural; some are…
March 9, 2018 183 0 Lenten or not: How to Read Ingredient Labels during Great Lent Back in the day, there were no canned foods, chemically cloned flavors, hermetically sealed wrappers, governmentally required labelling, the FDA, Food Police and trace…
February 15, 2018 339 0 Your Guide to Prostrations during Great Lent During Lent we make more prostrations. That’s a process that begins by making the sign of the Cross, then bowing down, resting your knees…
January 12, 2018 157 0 How to Baptize a Person in Case of Mortal Danger? In case of mortal danger, the Orthodox Church allows a simple layman (who is supposed to be an Orthodox Christian) to perform the Sacrament…
December 14, 2017 240 0 How to Prepare for Your Children for Sunday Liturgy in the Orthodox Christian Church On Sunday morning, the family should get up in a timely manner, so that all can be properly prepared to go to Church….
December 6, 2017 312 0 Why Do We Light Oil Lamps and Candles In Front of Relics and Icons? Below are two explanation by St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite and St. Nikolai Velimirovich as to why we light oil lamps and candles before relics…
December 5, 2017 3256 4 5 Ways to Fight Against Pornography: An Orthodox Christian Perspective According to surveys, nearly one-third of Orthodox Christian teens are unsure whether pornography is right or wrong. This is approximately the same number as…
December 1, 2017 83 1 The Start of the Nativity Fast: Why do we fast from foods? We have begun the joyous and holy Nativity Fast. The fast begins on November 28, or forty days before the Nativity in the flesh…
November 24, 2017 301 0 How to Support Your Priests and Bishops You can better help your priest and bishop by understanding this one thing: parish priests feel pressures that are found in no other profession….