ORTHODOX HOUSE
⛪ All churches
Sign in
🎧Live Music ☾
☦ Today Friday, October 30 / October 17 (old style) ✦ Fast day Gregorian calendar ⇄
Hieromartyr Zenobius and His Sister Zenobia · Holy Apostle Cleopas
← News feed Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)

The daughter is going to convert to Islam for the sake of marriage. What should a mother do?translated

October 30, 2026 · 1 min read

Reader question:

Hello! Help me what to do right. My 18-year-old daughter fell in love with a Muslim, and he fell in love with her too. All her life I tried to instill in her the Orthodox faith, prayers, and going to church. She is a believer, but, as it turned out, this is not enough, because she agreed with his condition: in order to get married, even in the future, she must convert to Islam. She cried, but agreed. How can I prevent this terrible act that is tantamount to death? I only trust in our Lord, being a great sinner myself, so as not to let her perish. Help, what can I do?

Tatiana

Priest's answer:

Archpriest Mikhail SAMOKHIN

Press Secretary of the Pyatigorsk and Circassian diocese;  Head of Information and Publishing Department; head of the missionary department of the Pyatigorsk and Circassian diocese.

Hello, Tatyana! While serving in the Caucasus, with the blessing of our Master, I completed a master's degree in Islamic theology. Therefore, I can judge the current situation not only as an Orthodox priest.

It is a pity that on the threshold of creating a new family, your daughter’s young man begins the family story with lies and deception of a loved one. According to Islam, for a Christian woman to marry...

Source: Журнал ФОМА  ·  Read the full story →
⚑ Report
💬 Comments
Sign in to join the conversation →
More stories
In the Kherson eparchy, the church of Reverend Anthony Pecherskyi was actually destroyed
Ukrainian Orthodox Church · October 30, 2026
The Romanian Patriarchate supports family education through the "School of Parents" program
Romanian Orthodox Church · October 30, 2026
A cross and a dome were installed on the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Far Zasviyazhye
Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) · October 30, 2026
Romanian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church adds social media rules to ordination oath for clergy
Romanian Orthodox Church · October 30, 2026
🔑Sign in 📖Prayer Book 🕊Live Prayer 📨Submit news 👥Friends 💬Groups ⛪My parish 🕯Virtual church 🙏Prayers by agreement 🗓Calendar ☦Lives of the Saints ✏️Catechesis 📚Library 🌍Orthodox World Review 🎧Live Music ⚖Canons 📜Holy Scripture 🧭Map of Orthodoxy ✅Test yourself 🔔Notifications ➕My subscriptions 🛍Store 💬Support