July 29, 2018 3535 3 A List of 12 Things a Normal Orthodox Christian Does The normal Orthodox Christian—who is living according to the norms of the Orthodox faith—will be doing the following (this is not an exhaustive list,…
July 27, 2018 147 1 What Is Orthodox Christianity? We live in an Orthodox country, a land which is covered with the blood of martyrs, the saints who formed Holy Rus, the saints…
July 26, 2018 323 0 Do Our Careers Get in the Way of Being Orthodox Christians? We all live very different lives: someone serves in the Church, someone devotes himself to art, science, there are also actors among us, musicians,…
July 22, 2018 224 0 The Pathways to Salvation in the Modern World Putting words on a page often helps to clarify our thinking. In writing The Forgotten Faith: Ancient Insights for Contemporary Believers from Eastern Christianity…
July 20, 2018 71 0 Can a Christian Live and not Be Persecuted? “Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.” (2 Timothy 3: 12) And the Lord Jesus Christ…
July 16, 2018 779 0 What Christianity and Photography Have in Common Author’s note: This article contains some details about photography techniques. However‚ reading it until the end will prove highly beneficial. There is no secret…
July 13, 2018 1246 1 Why More Honorable than the Cherubim? A question from my In Box: Is the Theotokos seriously “more honorable than the cherubim and more glorious than the seraphim”? Doesn’t that praise…
July 8, 2018 187 2 What the Holy Scripture Says about Cremation In the town where I live, funerals have become rather rare. I hear this is true throughout our country. People now have a “Celebration…
July 8, 2018 560 0 Fr. Moses Berry: From Hippie to Orthodox Christian You wouldn’t suspect that the jovial Orthodox priest who carries the gold chalise with such reverence from behind the iconostasis of “Mother of Unexpected…
June 29, 2018 30 0 Post-Christian Culture: The Coherence between Our Creeds and Our Deeds It is time for Orthodox Christians to be realistic and not panic about life in an increasingly post-Christian culture. We are a tiny minority…