May 23, 2019 236 0 Having a Choice as Christians: a Word on Our Addiction and Weakness Have you ever noticed that it is really easy for people to become addicts? We look all around us and we find that people…
March 3, 2019 266 0 Was the Canaanite Woman Really Called a Dog? In the Gospel for the Sunday of the Canaanite Woman (Matthew 15:21-28) we find a phrase that some have found troubling. The troubling nature…
February 14, 2019 73 0 Mine Eyes Have Seen: What Future Did St. Simeon Foresee at the Moment of the Meeting? One of the most well known psalms is the 90th, beginning with, “He that dwelleth in the help of the Most High”. We read…
November 8, 2018 88 0 Some Thoughts on the Purpose of Angels and their Role in Our Spiritual Life The tradition of Jews and Christians (and also later of Muslims) is that God is the creator of both the material and spiritual world….
October 31, 2018 226 0 Why Do Orthodox Christians Need Holy Fathers? Isn’t the Bible Enough? We Orthodox Christian hear this question quite often. In fact, it strikes a much deeper issue, namely, the issue with the Holy Tradition, which…
August 28, 2018 125 0 The Dormition of the Mother of God: the End of the Path to the Holy of Holies The Mother of God reached the end of her earthly life. For quite a long time (and even today), the life of the Mother…
August 27, 2018 76 0 The Mother of Crucified God: The Sorrows of Virgin Mary near the Cross So, the day of Easter was coming – and so did the Passion of Christ. What did those days mean to the Mother of…
August 24, 2018 69 0 A Sword Will Pierce through Your Soul: Meeting of the Lord and a New Prophecy for Virgin Mary On the 40th day after the nativity of Christ, Mary the Mother of God and Joseph brought the Divine Infant to the Temple in…
August 22, 2018 38 0 Becoming the Mother of God: Unto Us a Child is Born, unto Us a Son Is Given None of us, the people living on earth today, remembers – and cannot remember – from which glory our forefather Adam fell off once….
August 20, 2018 317 0 Rejoice, O Full of Grace: The Annunciation and the Role of Virgin Mary in Our Salvation Many people, especially those who are only in the beginning of their spiritual life, often like to think about the “last times”, the coming…