Bringing up children

More on Parenting for Faith

08 February 2010

As parents, this means that the most powerful witness of our faith will depend on whether or not we have the humility and the courage to “get up” by repenting of our mistakes in the presence of our ...

Parents of Faith

01 February 2010

Priest Richard Rene

One of the biggest mistakes that Christian parents often make is to confuse catechism for education. We begin with the externals. Isn’t there a book I can read and teach to my kids? Isn’t there a ...

Nativity Epistle

07 January 2010

Archbishop Lazar Puhalo

As we prepare to celebrate the Nativity of Christ, it is customary for all hierarchs to issue a Nativity sermon, an inspiring word about the feast, and homily about the place of the event in our ...

So Your Child Wants to Become a Monactic

22 October 2009

You may feel threatened. You spend your whole life nurturing the well-being of your children: you feed them and worry over them; you help them to discover their abilities and you encourage them to ...

When Our Young Adult Chidren Marry Non-Christians: Parents’ Perspective

18 October 2009

Priest Charles Joanides

If you are a parent whose son or daughter is seriously dating or engaged to a non-Christian, some of the following suggestions and observations might prove helpful to you. They come from my work ...

The Beginning of the School Year: Some Questions for Parents to Think About

02 September 2009

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Accompanying our children’s education, there are some other areas with which parents need to concern themselves in relation to students’ spiritual and moral lives. Below are a few questions for ...

Redeeming the Time: What to do on Saturdays and Sundays

25 August 2009

Archpriest John Shimchick

I realize that due to our inability to serve more than one Sunday divine liturgy it is sometimes difficult to fit in some activities that get planned on Sunday morning. But if we allow our children ...

Training Up a Child: Educational Options for Orthodox Christians

10 August 2009

Bishop THOMAS (Joseph) of Charleston, Oakland and the Mid-Atlantic

In recent times, there has been much discussion among Orthodox people regarding how we should raise and instruct our children, which is a good thing, since, as St. Theophan the Recluse tells us, “Of ...

Building an Orthodox Christian Home

29 July 2009

In 2009, the accelerating rate of change, the spinning pace people keep, and the lack of quiet is an enemy that contends for our souls and the hearts of our children. We don’t know how to be still or ...

Courting Disaster

20 July 2009

Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

Orthodox youth display largely the same sexual activity, pregnancy, and abortion rates as other North American youth. So-called "Orthodox" countries such as Greece and Russia have the ...

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News

22 February

Synod of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus Does Not Recognize the new “Orthodox church of Ukraine”

Study Guide for Metropolitan Tikhon’s “Of What Life Do We Speak?” Now Available Online

21 February

Chinese Translation of Everyday Saints Presented in Hong Kong

Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany Issues an Open Letter to the German Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops

20 February

Representative of UOC Appeals to International Organization over Mass Violations of Ukrainian Believers' Rights

19 February

Kentucky Senate Passes Bill Banning Abortion when Baby's Heartbeat First Detected

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is Expected to Visit the U.S. in July

18 February

Metropolitan Iriney: God Cannot be Deceived – He Looks into your Heart

17 February

LIVE 4-D Ultrasounds on Times Square Jumbo Screen: ‘No Way a Person’s Going to Be Able to Say That’s Not a Child’

16 February

Representatives of OSCE are Told about Oppression against Faithful of Ukrainian Orthodox Church

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