10/18/2022
Priest Alexei Taakh
You and I are children of God, although we voluntarily call ourselves His slaves, emphasizing that we faithfully serve our Heavenly Father with the love of children.
Many people, including Orthodox Christians, have a stereotype that only weeping over your sins in repentance is pleasing to God, while laughter and fun are evil. In their opinion, laughing people are frivolous, they don’t repent of their sins, so if they are laughing now, they will cry later. Is it really the case?