May 8, 2020 The Stained Glass Window of the Resurrection of Christ and other Wonders During the bright Easter days, when divine services in churches were held with the open Royal Door, the parishioners of the St. Sabbas the…
May 7, 2020 Why Are Icons with the Same Name Not Alike? Iconography follows duplication of the icon – creating an image based on an existing one. We know that in ancient times, duplications were often…
May 7, 2020 Step Down, or What Dangers Await a Priest in Today’s World? The Path Without Compromise. The Internet today is full of various sharp publications or videos related to the clergy. Occasionally, priests themselves voice concerns…
May 6, 2020 Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God The Church tradition ascribes the Feodorovskaya icon of the Mother of God from Kostroma to the Evangelist Luke. The history of its discovery is…
May 6, 2020 Who Is the Real Saint George? Regularly, the secular media report stories about England’s current patron-saint. There are those who complain that St George is ‘a Turkish saint’; others project…
May 5, 2020 Is Orthodoxy Light Over? One friend of mine, a bright man and a talented musician, while being healthy treated faith ironically, sometimes making vulgar jokes on a Christian…
May 5, 2020 God in the Life of Man One famous Soviet actor, summing up his life, described his greatest tragedy as follows, “I forgot God”. Surprisingly, in our time, even Christians do…
May 4, 2020 The Holy Fathers on Death Even death is afraid to approach the one who fears God, and then only comes to him when told to separate his soul from…
May 4, 2020 Saint Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemos, and the Holy Myrrhbearing Women Christ is risen! Truly he is risen! The Church Fathers did nothing haphazardly. During Pascha, as our lectionary takes us through the Gospel of…
May 3, 2020 The Sunday of the Myrrhbearers – the Soul of the Home Dear Beloved, We are celebrating today the Third Sunday after Pascha in which we commemorate the brave myrrh-bearer women. Indeed brave because they were…
May 2, 2020 A Miracle Of Blessed Matrona of Moscow How wonderful wax candles smell. Their scent comforts your mind, and this makes prayer easier. “Lord, I thank Thee, for Thou art the good…
May 2, 2020 Akathist to Saint Matrona of Moscow Kontakion 1 Chosen by the Holy Spirit of God from thy swaddling clothes, blessed eldress Matrona, thou didst receive bodily infirmity and blindness from…
