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Demon at the threshold: What Cain knew about prayer

Abel does not utter a single word in the Bible. Four chapters – and complete silence. His only “speech” is the voice of blood crying from the ground. Yet sometimes silence speaks more precisely than any words.

Triumph of Orthodoxy: Why disappointment often hides beneath golden vestments

Why the neophytes of the 1990s withdrew into silence, how to recognize the Church’s “dark double,” and where to look for light in the first place.

Candle stubs and a clear conscience: The story of altar server Sasha

A small temptation in the vast world of war. How an ordinary bundle of used candles became, for a young altar server, a measure of honesty and a path to victory over himself.

A woman who overcame sin

The first reading of the Penitential Canon is coming to an end. And Saint Andrew of Crete reveals the image of a heroine of church history whom God caught with bait.

Rehearsing eternity: Great Lent as an exit from dictatorship of noise

Great Lent is not a diet. It is not a seasonal ban on entertainment. It is a voluntary step into what might be called a corridor of silence – a place where a person removes the masks and finally encounters his real self.

King’s repentance and Uriah’s red cloak

The third part of the penitential canon is not a morality lesson. It is an anatomy lesson, and a mirror held up to betrayal.