February 18, 2019 The Meeting: a Modern Day Miracle In Our Monastery Sisters who work in church shops scattered around Minsk often chance upon genuine miracles. The Lord lets them meet amazing people who remain in…
February 8, 2019 The Burden of Decisions: Helping our Teenagers to Navigate in Their Life Over the past several decades the external pressures and challenges associated with parenting teenagers have been varied. Whether it was the introduction of rock…
January 29, 2019 Some Ideas on Welcoming and Retaining Those Who Had Left the Church A newspaper reporter was interviewing the mother of a large family of children. The reporter asked her the difficult question, “Which of your children…
January 22, 2019 A U.S. Christian Moved to Russia to Protect His Children from Moral Decay “Whether rightly or wrongly I saw a trend toward an increasing intrusiveness by the government in America to dictate what my children could and…
January 9, 2019 Personal Story: the Mystery of Conversion and the Long Way to It I often hear stories from people I’ve met along the way about the path that lead them to Orthodoxy. More often than not‚ these…
September 13, 2018 Personal Story: Being a Black Orthodox Christian I have a friend who is considering becoming an Orthodox Christian. She is African-American and is concerned that by joining the Orthodox Church that…
February 15, 2018 Personal Stories of the Clergy of St. Elisabeth Convent: Father Eugene Pavelchuk Fr. Eugene Pavelchuk: There is no Christianity without carrying one’s cross, i.e., without accepting God’s will and cutting off one’s own: Whosoever will come…
February 8, 2017 An Orthodox perspective on yoga Physical Exercise Yoga was first presented in the Western world as a kind of “physical exercise”, a method of relaxation and psychological calmness….
