May 18, 2021 Jacob’s Ziggurat Genesis 28:10-17 describes a vision which Jacob had in a dream at the place that became known as Bethel (v. 19). Throughout the patriarchal…
May 17, 2021 Memories of St Paisios of the Holy Mountain A Missionary Nightingale St Paisios once shared: “One guy told me that he did not believe in God’s existence. I told him to come…
May 17, 2021 Aquila and Priscilla You will have to forgive me because what I am about to tell you, I learned this many years ago while I attended college….
May 16, 2021 Why Does the Priest Use a Trikirion during Paschal Liturgy? The question refers mainly to the Archbishop’s service. Among the objects used by the celebrant bishop during the service are candlesticks of a particular…
May 16, 2021 On Women Who Became Greater Than Men The third Sunday after Pascha is dedicated not to the apostles or any famous saints glorified for their great acts and podvigs, but to the…
May 14, 2021 Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates – Psalm 24 and the Harrowing of Hades Psalm 24 (23 in the Greek collection) is a Psalm deeply immersed in the religious world of ancient Israel. The Psalm represents a specific…
May 13, 2021 Saint Nectarios of Optina: Thoughts on Salvation and the Challenges of Being an Elder The Venerable Nectarios (1853 – 1928) was the last of the Great Optina Elders. The story of his life amazes the reader with the…
May 13, 2021 Within a Mandorla There is a small class of events within the gospels that are treated in a special manner by iconographers. This special treatment reflects the…
May 11, 2021 Layman’s Prayers for the Departed to Be Said at Home and at the Graveside Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Glory to You, O…
May 11, 2021 Visions and Intercessions of the Holy Theotokos during Wartime Listen to the article Most soldiers who have survived the furious and bloody battles of the war will say, “among soldiers on the front…
May 10, 2021 Cremation and Non-Orthodox Family Question: “A lot of Orthodox are converts to the faith. Inevitably, we will have situations within the family that would seem to be at…
May 10, 2021 The Reality of Christ’s Resurrection — Assessing the Evidence from History Is there any proof that Christ resurrected? I have heard this question many times from unbelievers throughout the quarter-century of my being at Church….
