Prayer and fasting are both important. Fasting is seen as a means of training the body so that the mind can concentrate on preparing for prayer. In the Orthodox year there are four principal fasts, the first is before Easter, the second after Pentecost (in June), the third before the Fe...
Communion of Saints.” The child is seen as an individual human. He/she had being, was, and is. The Healing Choice. “For a post-abortion woman, whose loss was her fetus, this process of reflection occasionally gives rise to dreams of ...
This is what all Christians pray for in their daily prayers, following the Lord’s prayer: that His Kingdom may come and that His will be done on Earth as it is in heaven (Mt 6,9–10). Nevertheless, spirituality is used by many Christians as a reason for passivity, for denying ...
the monk quotes a sentence from the prayer composed by the elders of the Optina Monastery at the end of the 19th century: "Grant unto me, O Lord, that with peace of mind I may face all that this new day is to bring" (the translations of the prayers in this article are from http:...