November 5, 2019 281 0 Saint Silouan On Prayer We eat and drink every day, yet on the morrow our bodies need drink and food again. In like manner the recollection of God’s…
November 1, 2019 273 3 Is It Right to Say Morning Prayers in the Evening? Everyone who is sufficiently familiar with the divine service of the Russian Orthodox Church, must have wondered at least once why we have Matins…
October 24, 2019 619 2 Why Is Psalm 34 Sung at the End of the Liturgy? The Liturgy is the immeasurable depth and mystery of the life of the Holy Spirit in man. It contains a lot of symbols, meanings,…
October 17, 2019 307 0 What Is a Prayer by Agreement? “Line all your life’s activities with frequent prayers as if with timber joints and thus protect your life in every way”, St. John Chrysostom says….
October 16, 2019 2628 0 Types of Prayer Ropes: Lestovka Prayer Ropes Prayer ropes may vary not only in size but also in the way they are made and the material used. The most well-known variant…
October 9, 2019 1485 0 May a Layperson Use a Prayer Rope? You can often see a prayer rope in the hands of a priest or a monk, and also of laymen occasionally. But is it…
October 4, 2019 192 0 Psalms To Read While in Danger The reading of 27th, 51st and 91st (26th, 50th and 90th in Church Slavonic) psalms by believers during attacks by whether visible or invisible…
September 18, 2019 346 0 Biblical Roots of the Jesus Prayer It is remarkable to me how deeply biblical the Jesus Prayer is: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner.”…
September 11, 2019 363 0 The Desert Fathers: Praying without Ceasing Once certain monks of the kind called Euchitae‚ that is‚ the Men of Prayer, came to the abbot Lucius in Enna: and the old…
July 15, 2019 220 0 Partaking of Divine Glory through the Jesus Prayer This divine prayer, which consists of the invocation of the name of our Savior Jesus Christ, specifically “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have…