We use cookies to analyze and improve the website and your user experience. By clicking "Accept," you agree to our Cookie Policy.
I’ve been an Orthodox Christian for not long. I’ve been interested in living in a monastery for a couple months to learn, get closer to God and how to be obedient, fasting, and much more. I have been praying on it. How do…
I grew up sensitivite to images of blood, medical procedures, biological terms, etc. When I live those things or they get mentioned or being taught to me, I get dizzy, my hands sweat… This sensitivity I had causes my many…
Our church building is very small. We are hoping to move to a larger building in a nearby town, but financially without more member members it’s not feasible.
I want to dedicate my activities and work to God, but it's difficult for me because of the people who work there. Here someone says something wrong, there someone swears incessantly, and here someone gets on my nerves.What…
What is the correct finger position when making the sign of the cross? As an Eastern Orthodox can I use both finger positions? I'm referring to the two-finger and three-finger positions.
A friend of mine (a Rassaphore) has been blessed by his bishop to leave the monastery and marry. He came to another country, and the archimandrite of the local monastery told him he was already tonsured as a monk of the first…
I want to enter into the Church and catechumenate with my two young boys. But my wife is a non-practicing Roman Catholic, who lives a completely secular lifestyle.
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…
