September 7, 2019 432 0 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 364 1 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 413 0 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 205 0 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 265 0 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…
August 19, 2019 159 0 The Tale of Three Sons There was once a man who had three sons. One day, the first son came to his father and said, “Dad, everyone knows you’re…
August 19, 2019 148 0 The Glory of the Divinity Hidden by the Humanity By His Transfiguration, the Lord showed His disciples how He was going to come on the last day in the glory of His Divinity…
August 9, 2019 620 1 Psychogenic Depression: The Orthodox View Depression (from the Latin word depressio, which means to press, oppress) is a subnormal, depressed mood, accompanied by lethargy, fatigue, and a dull and pessimistic…
August 6, 2019 562 1 The Church’s Belief in Guardian Angels The Church’s belief in the ministry of the Guardian Angels is amply supported by our Lord’s warning, “Take heed that you do not despise…
July 1, 2019 130 0 Holy Spirit: the Force that Plants the Whole Church When we enter the Church, we get into the presence of a mystery that far exceeds our ability to fathom or imagine. That mystery…