Bringing up children

Nativity Epistle

07 January 2010

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 ...

Raising Children in the Orthodox Faith

19 March 2009

Fr. John-Mark

In the same way, any child who grows up surrounded in an atmosphere of prayer in the home will, almost certainly, find himself drawn into that pattern of regular and effortless prayer. By ...

Children and Prayer

20 October 2008

Abbot Theodosius of Optina

"I wish, children, to talk to you about prayer. Do you know how to train yourself to pray? First, you must pray just a little, but as often as possible. Prayer is like a spark: in time it can ...

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