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…
When people grow old, they often become unbearable and intolerable. If you are a Christian, you have to forgive and ask for forgiveness to keep the peace in your heart. Your grandmother was sent to you by God to teach you…
The doctrine that lies at the roots of yoga is unacceptable for the Orthodox. However, physical exercises are quite useful, especially for those who have a sedentary lifestyle.
Gestalt therapy may be a kind of ministry for God’s sake; an opportunity to make people more peaceful, to help them to discover new resources that will enhance their lives, and generally to show them the way to the Church…
Spiritually advanced people say that a mother’s prayer can raise her child even from the bottom of an ocean. However, a mother will need a lot of humility, a lot of patience, and a lot of hard work.
When someone come to the church for the first time, he may feel confused, excited and anxious. He may be overwhelmed by the new experience and can't control his tears and nervousness.
Giving alms is not the same as reckless extravagance. As one wise elder said, "One must let our hand sweat and then look if someone needs our gift or not."