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Baptism and the Cross

11:04 10.04.2026

Baptism and the Cross

The Russian words for baptism (kreschenie) and cross (krest) sound somewhat alike. This is a fitting likeness. Indeed, even though in baptism the visible part is immersion in water, the essence of baptism is crucifixion together with Christ on an inner spiritual cross. St. Paul says that in baptism “our …

Hallmark of Baptism

12:14 09.04.2026

Hallmark of Baptism

According to St. Peter, baptism is a promise of a good conscience to God [1 Peter 3:21]. In baptism we give a vow to live the rest of our lives in clear conscience, based upon the entire scope of Lord’s commandments. The hallmark of baptism is moral purity. St. Paul …

Baptism as a Dividing Wall

11:37 08.04.2026

Baptism as a Dividing Wall

St. Paul says that the Jews who crossed the Red Sea were baptized in it [ICor. 10:2]; this baptism served as a dividing line between them and the land of Egypt. St. Peter adds to this: “In a similar way. even baptism doth also now save us” [1 Peter 3:21]. …

Follow Him Bearing Your Cross

10:24 07.04.2026

Follow Him Bearing Your Cross

“Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, and follow Me” [Mk. 8:34]. The Lord is carrying His cross. No one can possibly follow Him without a cross of his own; neither can you. So, what is this cross? All kinds of troubles, hardships …

New Man Created

11:29 06.04.2026

New Man Created

‘I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" [Mk. 2:17]. The Lord has been calling the foolish through the lips of Divine Wisdom, and now we hear how He, while walking on the earth, is calling the sinners. Neither proud wizards, nor self-styling righteous, have a place …

No Goodness Without God

11:07 05.04.2026

No Goodness Without God

“An ungodly man shall fall by his own ungodliness" [Prov. 11:5]. Ungodliness means a false view of God, or forgetting Him altogether, including disbelief in His existence and in His providence for the created universe. Some people, under pressure of such ungodly thoughts, still desiring to be good, take the …

Idle Talk

11:20 04.04.2026

“In the multitude of words sin cannot be avoided” [Prov. 10:19]. Attentive Christians call their senses “windows of the soul”: if they are opened, all warmth will go away from the soul like from a room in winter. But the biggest opening, a wide door ajar which is letting warmth …

Marvelous Edifice of the Church

11:30 03.04.2026

Marvelous Edifice of the Church

About Bishop St. Theophane the Recluse About "old" and "new" calendar March 21 (April 03) It is remarkable that Wisdom is calling the foolish: ” Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither” [Prov. 9:4]. That is, for the clever ones there is no admission to the house of Wisdom …

The Call is Out

10:50 02.04.2026

The Call is Out

Wisdom — that is, God the Word — hath budded her house, — that is, the Holy Church; there she hath also furnished her table — that is, the word of God and Holy Sacraments, especially the Sacrament of Lord’s Body and Blood. And she hath sent forth her maidens …

Seeking the Fear of God

11:38 01.04.2026

Seeking the Fear of God

“The fear of God is to hate evil" [Prov. 8:13]; to hate means to get rid of, to cleanse the soul from evil, to make it clean and right before the Lord. And that’s precisely what we are seeking now with such intensity. Therefore, restore the fear of God in …

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