For Couples and Families
Family Life
Marriage and family are not separate from the spiritual life — they are one of its primary settings. This section gathers teaching on preparing for marriage, building a Christian home, and living faithfully together as a family before God. More will appear here as it's written.
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Marriage
Choosing a Spouse You Can Struggle Toward Heaven With
A reflection on discernment before marriage — why pity, loneliness, wanting children, and desperation are not, by themselves, reasons to marry someone.
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Marriage
Preparing for Marriage in the Orthodox Church
What the Betrothal, the Crowning, the Common Cup, and the rest of the Orthodox wedding service actually mean — and why preparing for marriage is preparation to enter a new life together before God, not simply a wedding day.
Read more →This section is newly launched — more teaching on the Christian home and family life will be added here over time.