Category Archives: Orthodox Faith and Life

We all know of the sacraments of the Church and recognize them as certain events or milestones in our Christian lives: we get baptized, we prepare for confession and Communion, get married, and some may get ordained to the holy priesthood…
These important markers provide us with the time and place to be face-to-face with God, to unite with Him within His Holy Church, His Body. But what about the rest of our life? Continue reading →

(Russian) В краткую минуту умиления, в которую открываются очи ума для самопознания, которая приходит так редко, написал я это в обличение себе, в увещание, напоминание, наставление. А ты, кто с верою и любовью о Христе прочитаешь эти строки и, может быть, найдешь в них что-нибудь полезное себе, принеси сердечный вздох и молитву о душе, много пострадавшей от волн греховных, видевшей часто перед собою потопление и погибель, находившей отдохновение в одном пристанище: в исповедании своих грехопадений. Свт. Игнатий Брянчанинов (1807-1867) Continue reading →

It is a general notion that religious people have their faith and non-religious have their superstitions. On the surface, most people appear to understand and agree that religion and superstition are incompatible but, curiously, superstitious belief is not confined to non-religious people. On the contrary, it is quite startling and disturbing to see people who are otherwise quite religious and pious, often taken up by clearly superstitious belief. We, as Orthodox Christians, should take a moment to think of the ramifications of this… Continue reading →