The concepts of a soulmate and perfect marriage, the modern definition and understanding of love as a mere feeling, the idea that we are the masters of our lives and have the power and right to make changes at any moment when things don’t work out the way we expect and desire, are the ingredients […]

Following the crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord, life in Holy Land was thrown into a dark turmoil marked by uprisings and violent retaliations, death, suffering, occupations, and invasions. During this period, Christians experienced persecution and they saw pagan temples and shrines rise over the holy sites connected to the life and ministry of the […]

In today’s Gospel reading, we see our Lord traveling with his disciples to Decapolis. There, some people brought him a person who was deaf and also could not speak. They begged Jesus to lay his hand on him, heal and help the man. The way in which the Lord healed this suffering man is extraordinary […]

On March 18, 1990, two men in police uniforms walked into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and walked away with thirteen artworks worth more than 500 million dollars. This is the biggest art theft in the U.S. The FBI believes with a high degree of confidence that the art was transported and is […]

“The will of man is an essential condition, for, without it, God does nothing.”    – St. Macarius of Egypt. Vladimir Lossky, The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1976), p. 199. In the 19th century, a man named George Wilson was caught and convicted to death for murder. […]

In the Orthodox tradition, icons often are referred to as windows to heaven. This is because, through their visual depictions, icons help us understand complex matters of our faith, which are hard to comprehend and grasp. Today, we celebrate the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God into heaven. The icons and miniature paintings portraying […]

The story of paralytic’s healing is the lectionary reading for this Sunday. It is a familiar and inspirational story about the courageous faith of a few men who, despite every difficulty, managed to carry their sick friend on a stretcher to the house where Jesus was preaching and, by climbing walls and breaking roofs, found […]

For he commands his angels with regard to you, to guard you wherever you go. With their hands they shall support you, lest you strike your foot against a stone. – Psalm 91:11-12   Imagine what it would feel like to live in a world like Narnia. Imagine a world full of colors, dimensions and […]

It is probably impossible to find a person who likes an alarm clock. They interrupt and disturb our rest and sleep. But despite the fact how much we dislike being disturbed and woken up, we continue to set, use and rely on our alarm clocks. Why? Because when we have an important meeting or appointment, […]