February 16, 2021 Is It a Sin to Feel Happy? The feeling of happiness, like any other human feeling, is quite subjective. If we look at it impartially, without regard to its content, then…
February 12, 2021 Can We Find Healing in the Occult? Some who turn to sorcerers or occult practitioners will delude themselves into thinking that their healing is from God because they put icons everywhere….
February 8, 2021 What Are the Two-sided Icons? Everyone will agree that the reverse side of an icon is not often seen in a church. Whether standing in the iconostasis, along the…
February 3, 2021 Why Can’t Pregnant Women Go to Church? Reader’s Question Pregnancy is a wonderful, although difficult, time in a woman’s life. The unsolicited advice and recommendations showering expectant mothers during this period make it…
January 5, 2021 Is It All Right Not to Say the Prayer Rule, but to Listen to It instead? I cannot hear, Lord! How praying with the earphones is different from praying without Many years ago, when I was a student of at…
December 27, 2020 What Are the Typical Psalms* and Why Are They Sung during Liturgy? The word “antiphon”, translated from Greek, means “responding with sound to sound”, that is, alternate singing. Such a manner of singing, used since the…
December 23, 2020 Why Does Christ Call Himself the Son of Man? Looking for answers in the church tradition In our exploration of Christ’s reasons, let us be systematic and start with the most obvious things….
December 12, 2020 How to Conquer the Passion of Smoking No one can say that the passion for smoking is innately present in the human body. Everyone knows that this passion is extrinsic. But nevertheless every…
December 10, 2020 Is It True that Man Is Superior to Angels? Andrey Muzolf, Lecturer of the Kiev Theological Academy answers. The Book of Psalms contains these words: “…what is mankind that you are mindful of…
December 8, 2020 Fasting in the Fast Lane: Is It Okay to Watch TV Series during the Fast? Well, off the top of my head, I was going to ignore this question since the answer seemed self-apparent. But let us try…
