Do not receive the Grace of God in vain

Do not receive the Grace of God in vain
(2 Cor. 6 : 1–10) St. Paul rites to the Christians in Corinth to beware lest they receive the grace of God in vain (2 Cor. 6:1). As a priest, I sometimes compare myself and my stand with these words of the Apostle and I must admit that in these moments I am overcome by fear ...

The Oath

The Oath
“Is not my word like fire- declares the Lord; and as a hammer that break  the rock in pieces”. (Jer. 23,29) Once, the human words, our words, were harder than stone. God’s word has stayed the same as it was, but our human words have become worn out and thinner. People got bound by words ...

Finding out what is acceptable to the Lord

Finding out what is acceptable to the Lord
(Eph. 5 : 10) “Finding out what is acceptable to the Lord” (Eph. 5:10) says the holy Apostle Paul in his epistle to the Ephesians. Of the Christians in Rome, he asks, “do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that ...

The Church in the gap

The Church in the gap
The church and its views and opinions towards politics have always been questioned. The church has been resolving that dilemma in different ways depending on the circumstances and, we have to admit it wasn’t always in a manner that was the best or the most expedient for the church itself. This matter got the status ...

It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, о Most High

It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, о Most High
(Ps. 92:1) “I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.” (Ps. 104:33) This is – or, rather, it should be – the motto of any church choir singer, as the fundamental purpose of singing in a church choir is to praise God. ...

Illness – a thorn in the flesh for our good and our salvation

Illness - a thorn in the flesh for our good and our salvation
(2 Cor. 11 : 31–12 : 9) In above apostolic reading we touch upon an unpleasant subject for many of us: illness. St. Paul says, “A thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord ...

I believe in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church

I believe in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church
You are probably asking yourselves, and for sure you are being asked what the essential difference is between the Orthodox Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Church. There are many differences since the Western church, often guided by the spirit and the wisdom of this world, has adopted various novelties that have further distanced the ...

To eat or not to eat animal meat

To eat or not to eat animal meat
I have decided to discuss a topic that seems to me easy, and not very important. On the other hand, I am not certain that any topic could be easy and not very important. It is about vegetarianism, when people refuse to use animal meat for food. They list many reasons for that. Some of ...

The sin does not enter trough the mouth

The sin does not enter trough the mouth
I would like to clarify theological question. But before we start I would like to mention something here. Most of us rarely, if ever, read the Holy Scriptures. We are an easy prey for those false prophets of modern times because we hardly know anything from the Holy Scriptures, therefore, anything about our orthodox faith ...

Rest, people, on the seventh day of the week

Rest, people, on the seventh day of the week
I impose upon your soul and I share with you my thoughts that have preoccupied me for years. If I were to put these thoughts in one sentence bundle, this is what it would briefly say: For years and decades, if not for centuries, some dark forces of the underworld destroy one by one the ...