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I am new to Orthodoxy and a catechumen at the moment. Since starting that over a year ago I’ve faced many challenges. A month ago, my husband told me that he will leave me and the children. Can this separation be a godly…
I try to read the books of the church fathers, pray, but when I do it in a public place I have thoughts like "I am better than them" "Let them see that I am praying" I am fighting these thoughts but I feel weak. I want to…
My eldest daughter has entered into a relationship with a young man of Indian heritage who wears a turban and does not share our Orthodox Christian faith. The emotional weight of this situation is becoming overwhelming. How…
The apostolic teaching says even pagans will be judged according to how they've lived. But Orthodox believers will be judged more strictly because they have the Body and Blood of Christ, yet they still sin.
Ever since I became a catechumen and learned about monasticism, which was almost a year ago, I have had a desire to enter into monastic life.
Is it that if God calls you to the monastic life, any attempt at marriage is bound to fail, or do we always retain genuine free will to choose our path – with God blessing us?
Often, I wake up feeling unwell, and with a swimmy head, until I have some caffeine. Is it actually better to pray before my drink even though I don't feel well?
I have a friend that has been borrowing money from me for 2 years. She keeps telling me that she will pay it back but till now she has never paid me. My question is... do I have to keep lending her money?
I feel the pull to monasticism, but I also have an overwhelming amount of love to give and feel the desire to give it to a husband. How do I choose? Is it wrong for an Orthodox woman to stay single in the world?
Our minds often wander and try to lead us away from God. There are different extremes, and the enemy, seeing our tendencies toward such scrupulousness, convinces us that we are unworthy. Some people live for years with grave…
