4/30/2021
Priest John Zakharov
The most difficult questions are asked by children themselves. They ask why we say that Christ died for us if He died 2000 years ago!
Igor Tikhonovsky
Our attitude should be this: In order to be with the Lord on this feast we should walk along this path together with Him.
Archpriest Alexander Berezovsky
The most important problem of modern man is that he no longer needs God.
In spiritual life you should be patient. Not everything is done quickly, and not everything is given and revealed quickly. People often lack patience, especially if there is a long-standing problem.
Priest Anthony Borisov
Spiritual life is a conversation about the most important things: about who I am, what God wants from me, how I can fulfill His will and His Providence.
Natalia Shatova, Priest Anthony Borisov
From childhood our parents teach us the magic words: “thank you”, “please” and “sorry”. Some learn these lessons perfectly well, but others, alas, forget to thank their loved ones for a delicious dinner or a fresh shirt. And we must admit that we do not often say words of gratitude to our Savior.
Fr. Nazary Eyvazov
Fr. Nazary was born to a Moslem father and Catholic mother. But by Divine Providence, he converted to Orthodoxy at the age of eighteen. It took him much effort and patience to restore peace in the family. But studying at Sretensky Seminary strengthened his faith and helped him find experienced spiritual mentors and true friends.
Igumen Athanasy (Kovalchuk)
On crossing the threshold of this church, you find yourself in another world.
Nun Theophania (Nekislaya)
Nun Theophania (Nekislaya) was a spiritual child of the Venerable Kuksha of Odessa. It was St. Kuksha who once foretold young Valentina that she would become a bride of Christ.
Being the heart of the spiritual life, the Eucharist requires that we should be vigilant and attentive to our actions, words and thoughts.
Igor Tikhonovsky, a leading specialist of the Missionary Center of the St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University of Humanities, a father of five children, shares his experience on how to help children make good use of fasting.
Natalia Shatova
There are more than forty active Orthodox churches, and their parishioners aren’t simply Slavs who have moved to Japan, as you might first think. The parishioners of the country’s main Orthodox church—the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Tokyo—are mainly Japanese. St. Nicholas of Japan was the first to bring Orthodoxy to the Japanese land.
Our family evening rule has some prayers that only children read. This is a developed system of prayer rules.
