October 14, 2019 From Defeat to Victory: The Protection of the Mother of God The feast of the Protection of the Mother of God is one of the most favorite yet paradoxical feasts for Russians. It is a…
October 12, 2019 Why Do We Baptize in the Name of the Holy Trinity and Not in the Name of Jesus? As you read and re-read the Book of Acts, you will find similar expressions here and there: “[B]e baptized every one of you in…
October 7, 2019 The Parable about the Poor Man and the Grocer The wife of one poor man cooked butter, and he sold it to one of the groceries. She cooked circle-shaped butter, weighing 1 kg….
September 20, 2019 “Blessing”: Does It Actually Mean Anything? In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Today I would like to speak…
September 10, 2019 Career and Unrequited Love. Top 5 Dumbest Reasons to Go to Monastery The higher you climb, the worse the fall. Monasticism is not one of the Church Sacraments technically, but in essence it is: when one…
September 7, 2019 Why Celebrate Christian Holidays that Aren’t in the Bible? Aquick perusal of the major feast days on Orthodox Church’s liturgical calendar will show that many of those great feasts are not mentioned in…
September 2, 2019 Monasteries: Centers for Spiritual Healing and Intercessory Prayer Monastics are an integral part of the Church and should not be seen as independent of the Church Universal. Monks are bound by the…
August 31, 2019 Reclaiming the Sabbath At the beginning of September, we celebrate Labor Day. From the earliest days of the Church, work has always occupied a central place in…
August 26, 2019 Pouring Water on Acid: The Sad Consequences of Spiritual Ignorance I remember, as an undergraduate student in a university chemistry laboratory, a fellow student who was having tremendous difficulty understanding the basic principles of…
August 21, 2019 Caressing the Head of a Murderer: a Story of True Love We live in two different worlds at the same time. When we come to the Church to work and worship our Lord, we enter into…
