When one comes back to the Church after a long absence, the priest ought to help that person and support him or her because it’s quite challenging to cross the threshold of the church, to confess and take Communion again.
An individual receives graceful help during a confession, which empowers him or her to struggle with sins and try abstaining from them. That’s why you shouldn’t doubt and worry: go and confess as soon as you can.
The Lord would have forgiven even Judah if he had believed in God's love. But he did not, and he hanged himself. Let us leave it to God to decide his fate.
Most of us have to learn how not to annoy the children. It’s much harder for them not to become upset, simply because they are not as experienced as we are. So we need to wait for the right moment to sit down with our child…
According to the rubrics, the services during the Great Lent are special. However, if your heart wants to read an akathist at home, if you find it useful, you can read it but be watchful.
The “shameless” death means that we have to entrust our immortal souls to God. We must have faith and peace inside. We should know where and to whom we is about to go.
The most challenging aspect of prayer is to be attentive and not get distracted. That’s when prayer can nurture your soul, transform and change you.
Unfortunately, teenagers are sometimes attracted to sins—various sins. They want to be an adult. They want to imitate the grown-ups, and sadly, they often choose to imitate bad adults. Therefore, parents are to muster their…
The matushka’s role is to help the priest. It is an inner struggle to make sure that there is peace in your family, that you really love your husband. You’ll require quite a lot of hard work and time.
An autistic child has an immortal soul. In spite of the fact that he cannot interact with external world right now, his soul is alive, and it’s all part of God’s plan. We cannot intervene into God’s plan. We can only accept…