February 14, 2019 May an Orthodox Man, Who Wants to Lead a Gospel-driven Life, Watch Beauty Pageants? Question: Should an Orthodox man, who wants to lead a Gospel-driven life, goes to church and participates in the Sacraments, watch beauty pageants? Answer…
February 11, 2019 Q&A: What Orthodox Names Can I Name My Children? There’s no list of what are and aren’t Orthodox first names, at least not in the Canons of the Church. However it is a…
February 7, 2019 Why Does Orthodox Church not Use Musical Instruments? A reader of our blog has asked us recently in the comments to the post concerning musical instruments in the Bible (see the mentioned…
January 17, 2019 All You Need to Know about Holy Water Every Orthodox Christian should have some holy Theophany water at home. Traditionally, the Orthodox drink the holy water consecrated on Theophany Day on an…
January 2, 2019 Is There a Fate That You Can’t Avoid? The word ‘fate’ comes from the Latin word fatum, which broadly translates as ‘God’s judgment’. Therefore, the foreordained plan of our lives, which we…
December 25, 2018 Bible Stories: What’s Wrong with Pouring New Wine into Old Wineskins? Today we’re going to tell you what wineskins are, and perhaps, the meaning of the words of Christ will be more clear for you….
December 17, 2018 What Kind of Music Is Forbidden for Christians? Listening to music—and we are talking about secular music, i.e., the music that you often hear on the radio and the TV, for I…
December 10, 2018 Q&A with a Priest: “What If We Can’t Have Kids?” There are many couples who cannot become parents. How should they view their childlessness if it was sent by God? It’s hard for…
December 7, 2018 What Epitimia Is and What We Should Do with It Question: What is an epitimia? In what does it consist? Answer: An epitimia (Greek, epitimion, from epi – on, timi – punishment) is a means…
December 4, 2018 Children Ask about Church Life There are dozens of children’s questions concerning prayer, icons, and church worship… in general, everything related to life in the Church. We’ve collected…
