Are Affirmations and Positive Thinking Sinful?

A believer can make use of the enormous wealth of spiritual living collected by thousands of ascetics spanning dozens of generations. All that immense wealth is accumulated in the Church.

Can We Eat Meat During Lent Due to One’s illness?

May our fast consist not only of abstaining from meat and dairy but also from sinful feelings, the vanity and negligence, which assail us not only through food but also through what we see and hear.

My brother and mother are dead, and they won't leave me alone.

The dead are calling to a prayer. They are trying to bring us to the church and to repentance. Their souls are probably in anguish and asking us to intercede with our prayer.

Is it True That if One Dies on Easter He will Go Straight into Heaven?

The day of Easter is not a 100% guarantee of free entry into Paradise. However, when a believer who goes to church regularly dies on Easter day, it does matter for his soul.

May I Listen to Music During the Great Lent?

Every person has his own measure because music plays different roles in the lives of various people. As far as church music is concerned, it is even beneficial. Lenten chants are prayerful and lead us to repentance.

Why Did Jesus Have to Die in Order to Save Man?

The hardest, most painful and responsible phenomenon in our life is death. The world wasn’t created for dying and for people to bury their dead, but for people and other living creatures to live and rejoice.

What is the Orthodox Teaching and Understanding of What Hell is?

Hell is God's mercy for the sinner. Someone who rejects God cannot live in His love. He lives in the darkness of his selfishness. If we have not found God and never loved anyone, where else could our souls end up other than…

Why did Jesus say he was greater than the Temple?

The apostle tells us: "Each of you is a temple of the Holy Spirit." Every human being is a temple. Some temples are built by people and consecrated as houses of the Lord. Other temples of God are not built by hand.

Where Should I Start to Learn More About the Eastern Rite of Worship?

Many become Orthodox in the same way: not by logic, deliberation, and research, but by the workings of the Holy Spirit that make the presence of God visible to us.

How Can a Person Appreciate Church Joy After He Dies?

St Justin Martyr quoted God as saying, “In whatsoever things I shall take you, in these I shall judge you.” (Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter 47, cf. Matthew 24: 42).