October 18, 2018 123 0 Does the Sacrament of Unction Purify All Our Sins? Question: How true is it that, at the celebration of the Mystery of Unction, forgotten sins are forgiven? I hear this in every sermon on…
October 6, 2018 184 0 How Should One Behave on the Day When Received Communion? Question: How should one behave on the day one has received Communion? Answer: After Communion one must preserve the holiness. It’s sensible to…
October 4, 2018 163 0 10 Unusual Questions About Sin The Hell is a vast territory, which God specially designed to torture the sinners. There are pans with boiling oil, cauldrons, demons with pitchforks,…
September 26, 2018 674 0 How to Explain that the Veneration of the Cross Is not Idolatry? Question: How would you answer a Protestant who considered our veneration of the Cross (bowing down before it and kissing it) to be idolatry? …
September 19, 2018 587 0 The Origin of the Jesus Prayer and What the Scripture Says about It Question: When Jesus was asked how we are to pray, he gave the “Our Father” prayer, and said nothing about the “Jesus Prayer.” Some…
September 9, 2018 310 1 How Can Converts Accept Orthodox “Culture”? Question: How can someone best assimilate into the ‘culture’ of Orthodoxy even picking up other national customs without losing their own nationality (being of…
September 7, 2018 507 0 When Did Christians Begin to Make the Sign of the Cross? Question: Can you tell us about the history of the sign of the cross since the early Christian times? As far as I know,…
August 22, 2018 356 0 Why no Pews in Church? Question: I currently go to a relatively traditional parish, however, recently it has been suggested that we add chairs to our parish, and I…
August 8, 2018 1401 0 The Fall of the Devil: Is It an Orthodox Belief? A friend wrote: “My kids want to know where we got the story of the fall of the devil… How he was originally an…
July 23, 2018 23 0 What Is the Meaning of “In the Lord Shall My Soul Be Praised”? Question: “At the beginning of Psalm 33 (in the Septuagint), which we hear often in the liturgical services, is the line “In the Lord…