May 6, 2025 305 1 Easter’s First Witnesses: Why Women’s Testimony Shook the Ancient World The first to learn of the Lord’s Resurrection were “Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who…
April 22, 2025 177 0 How Do We Know What Christ Prayed in Gethsemane If the Apostles Slept? When Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as…
April 22, 2025 311 0 Christ’s Resurrection and Signals from Space One common objection to the credibility of Christ’s Resurrection traces back to the 18th-century Scottish thinker David Hume. Though many who repeat this argument…
April 8, 2025 450 6 St Mary of Egypt: How Did a Long-time Libertine Suddenly Come to Feel Shame? On Mercy Towards the Fallen What is true repentance? Which feelings does it awaken within us, and what else does the Great Canon teach…
March 25, 2025 553 2 Eldress Anastasia, guardian of Corfu’s sacred Monastery of the Virgin Mary of the Angels (Kyra ton Angelon) One day, while passing by a ruined monastery, a ten-year-old girl heard the call of the Most Holy Theotokos. From that moment, her entire…
March 11, 2025 442 0 We Have Entirely Forgotten What It Means to Seek Salvation Reflecting on the lives of great ascetics, I am continually amazed by their unwavering resolve to embrace hardship, deliberately making their lives arduous and…
February 11, 2025 296 1 Prayer From the Abyss: How Brokenness Became the Path to Grace On February 9, 2025, the Orthodox Church marks the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector—the first of four special Sundays preparing our…
January 27, 2025 455 3 “Only Begotten Son” – Who Wrote the Hymn Sung at Every Liturgy? Justinian I was a ruler of contrasts: a great legislator, builder of cities and churches, and a defender of Orthodox doctrine on one hand,…
January 14, 2025 382 2 Guided by the Star: The Magi’s Journey to Christ We often hear about the Star of Bethlehem in the hymns and carols of the Nativity, but how often do we pause to reflect…
December 31, 2024 398 1 How Many Years Have Passed Since the Nativity of Christ? The modern calendar, used almost universally, begins with the Nativity of Christ. But was Christ truly born two thousand years ago, as this system…
