The Catalogue of Good Deeds

Which Jobs Are Off Limits to Christians?

Victoria Koltyga September 15, 2021 268 Comments

“In Their Infinite Wisdom Politicians and Journalists Sometimes Say Terrible Nonsense”. Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds September 12, 2021 220 Comments

Oldest New Testament Passage: Papyrus P52

Reader John Malov September 7, 2021 123 Comments

Another Saint from the Romanov Family. St Anastasia of Kiev

Anastasia Parkhomchik September 5, 2021 133 Comments

How Is Orthodox Christianity Different from Islam?

Reader John Malov August 28, 2021 320 Comments

Things You Wanted to Know about Confession but Were Always Afraid to Ask

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds August 20, 2021 158 Comments

Instructions for Priests: How to Deal with Force Majeure During the Liturgy

Reader John Nichiporuk August 18, 2021 220 Comments

How Often Can You Eat Prosphora?

Andrey Muzolf August 15, 2021 231 Comments

The Authenticity of 1 John 5:7 — Historical Evidence and the Church Tradition

Priest Georgy Maksimov August 11, 2021 189 Comments

How Saint Seraphim of Sarov Led a Protestant Family to See the Light of the Orthodox Faith

Priest Valery Dukhanin August 10, 2021 195 Comments

Being Content with Little: Wonderful Story by Archimandrite Gregory (Zumis)

Archimandrite Gregory (Zumis) August 6, 2021 77 Comments

Whatever Happened to Psalm 58?

Fr. Lawrence Farley July 25, 2021 545 Comments

Great Elders of the 19th and 20th Centuries About Prayer

Anastasia Parkhomchik July 23, 2021 86 Comments

What Makes a Child’s Prayer So Powerful and Pleasing to God?

Anastasia Parkhomchik July 20, 2021 85 Comments

About the “Healthy” and “Unhealthy” Eye

Archpriest Vyacheslav Reznikov July 15, 2021 102 Comments

Clashes on the Temple Mount And What Lies Behind Them Explained in 3 Minutes

Priest Evgeny Murzin, Alexander Zanemonets July 11, 2021 448 Comments

The First “Soviet” Saint

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds July 11, 2021 237 Comments

Are There Scientific Methods for Verifying the Historical Authenticity of Relics?

Fr. Tikhon Sysoev, Fr. Timofey Kitnis July 11, 2021 104 Comments

Stele of Merneptah: Archaeology in Agreement that the Events in the Book of Exodus Truly Took Place

Sergey Kovach July 11, 2021 143 Comments

Miracles Happen at the Right Time

Archpriest Oleg Vrona July 9, 2021 91 Comments

When Is Pity Not a Good Thing?

Priest Andrey Chizhenko July 2, 2021 117 Comments

Can Sacred Tradition Be Wrong?

Hieromonk Job (Gumerov) July 1, 2021 103 Comments

How Can Relatives of a Suicide Help?

Archpriest Andrey Chizhenko June 29, 2021 78 Comments

St Paisios of the Holy Mountain about Saving a Family from Decay

Saint Paisios of the Holy Mountain June 27, 2021 197 Comments

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh on Inner Silence

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh June 26, 2021 208 Comments

Salt of the Earth - Patriarch Pavle

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds June 23, 2021 137 Comments

Pastoral Advice on Long Confession

Priest Andrey Chizhenko June 22, 2021 131 Comments

7 Facts about the Savior’s Crown of Thorns

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds June 18, 2021 148 Comments

High Priests Ananias and Caiaphas: Arbiters in the Trial of God

IGOR TSUKANOV June 15, 2021 91 Comments

Infidelity in Marriage — How Should a Christian Respond?

Archpriest Vladimir Puchkov June 10, 2021 123 Comments

Savior on Spilled Blood. A Church Where All Icons Are Made in Mosaic Technique

Anastasia Parkhomchik June 9, 2021 167 Comments

Visions and Intercessions of the Holy Theotokos During Wartime

Andrew Segeda June 8, 2021 104 Comments

Miraculous Stories with St Gabriel (Urgebadze)

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds June 6, 2021 170 Comments

Why Is Christ Shown Holding a Banner in the Icons of His Resurrection and Descent into Hades?

Anastasia Parkhomchik May 30, 2021 216 Comments

St Nilus of Sora and the Dispute about Monastic Property Rights

Archpriest Vladimir Dolgikh May 29, 2021 62 Comments

11 Quotes on Love by St Ignatius (Brianchaninov)

St Ignatius (Brianchaninov) May 22, 2021 161 Comments

Historical Evidence of Christ’s Resurrection

Alexander Tkachenko May 14, 2021 179 Comments

Cremation and Non-Orthodox Family

Fr. John Whiteford May 14, 2021 170 Comments

A Very Detailed Resurrection Icon

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds May 9, 2021 170 Comments

A Paschal Miracle: Saint Nectarios of Aegina Descends From Heaven to Serve Liturgy

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds May 9, 2021 299 Comments

Pascha's Fatalism - Our Neighbors are Immortal, Our Eternal Companions

Archimandrite Savva (Mazhuko) May 6, 2021 53 Comments

Miracles, Judas, and Hatred of the Innocent One

Sergey Khudiev May 6, 2021 81 Comments

Artos — the Bread of Easter (PHOTOS & VIDEOS)

Vladimir Yeshtokin May 6, 2021 98 Comments

A Satanist at Church — a True Story with an Unexpected End

Victor Vlasov May 2, 2021 453 Comments

From Harlots to Saints: Imitating St. Mary of Egypt

Anastasia Parkhomchik April 28, 2021 86 Comments

“What If an Unconfessed Sin Comes to Mind when I Come to the Chalice after Confession?”

Archpriest Vladimir Puchkov April 27, 2021 257 Comments

Prayers for the Dead in the Bible and in Tradition

Fr. John Whiteford April 26, 2021 508 Comments

Standing for Hours at the Lenten Services Exhausts Me So Much that I Can No Longer Think Straight. Is Anything Wrong with Me?

Fr. Vladimir Puchkov April 25, 2021 239 Comments

St Kassia and Her Creations, Still Heard in Today’s Temple

Anastasia Parkhomchik April 24, 2021 140 Comments

The Title Panel of the Holy Cross in Rome — a Relic or a Forgery?

Daria Telenkova April 21, 2021 185 Comments

“Read the Gospel!”

Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov) April 18, 2021 137 Comments

“Take Off Your Cross, Masha”

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds April 15, 2021 252 Comments

False Dilemma: Terrorist Shooters vs. Obscene Caricatures of Muhammad

Sergey Khudiev April 14, 2021 153 Comments

Prayer to the Father, through Christ Our Lord

Reader John Nichiporuk April 7, 2021 125 Comments

“The Purpose of Prayer Is to Learn to Humbly Surrender Oneself to the Will of God.” - Instructions of a Russian Elder

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds April 4, 2021 83 Comments

Music Stars Who Left the Stage to Seek the Glory of God

Anastasia Parkhomchik April 2, 2021 299 Comments

God Hears The Widows’ Tears the Soonest

Fr. Viktor Guriev April 1, 2021 89 Comments

The Unity of the Faith

Hieromonk Gabriel March 30, 2021 69 Comments

Who Is the Author of the Presanctified Liturgy?

Reader John Nichiporuk March 29, 2021 216 Comments

What Is Genuine Repentance? Insights from Priest Andrey Tkachev

Alexander Tkachenko March 28, 2021 168 Comments

No Such Thing as an Incurable Disease for St Luke of Simferopol. Stories of Miraculous Healings From the Holy Oil

Anastasia Parkhomchik March 24, 2021 182 Comments

Atheist Returns to Faith and Eventually Becomes Priest

Priest George Sungaila March 23, 2021 132 Comments

“Who Am I?”—The Main Question of Great Lent

Priest Sergei Begiyan March 21, 2021 151 Comments

Why the Incorruptible Body Is Not Necessarily a Sign of Holiness and Other Questions About the Holy Relics

Anastasia Parkhomchik March 20, 2021 118 Comments

Great Lent 101: A Few Tips for Beginners

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds March 17, 2021 115 Comments

Brother Dmitry’s Obediences

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds March 11, 2021 122 Comments

Prayer of Absolution Over the Deceased

Reader John Nichiporuk March 8, 2021 214 Comments

Insanity — a Defence Against the Madness of the World

(The Catalog of Good Deeds) March 2, 2021 253 Comments

The Devil is Expelled by Fasting, Reading the Gospel and Fighting Evil Thoughts

Fr. Viktor Gurev March 1, 2021 215 Comments

RUSSIAN SAINT: “Adapt Your Life to Your Faith, Not the Other Way Around”

Anastasia Parkhomchik February 20, 2021 220 Comments

Russian Emperors Ordered the First Faberge Eggs

(The Catalog of Good Deeds) February 17, 2021 97 Comments

The Gates of Death

Hieromonk Gabriel February 17, 2021 158 Comments

Orthodox Christian Relics in Venice, Italy: Part Two

John Nichiporuk February 6, 2021 68 Comments

Orthodox Christian Relics in Venice, Italy

John Nichiporuk January 30, 2021 167 Comments

What Are the Signs of Developing Pride?

December 12, 2020 240 Comments

St Vincent of Lérins and His Teachings

John Nichiporuk December 12, 2020 162 Comments

“Tell Me, Sister… Who Is Better – God or the Devil?” A Striking Episode with a Drunken Man at a Bus Stop

Nun Mariam (Yurchuk) December 2, 2020 350 Comments

On Celtic Orthodoxy

Fr. Stephen Freeman November 13, 2020 522 Comments

Mending Relationships with Prayer

Novice Tatyana (Klavdieva) November 13, 2020 158 Comments

Saint Macrina, the Fourth Great Cappadocian?

John Nichiporuk November 3, 2020 91 Comments