November 22, 2019 The Problem of the Third Hour Troparion Interpolation The Orthodox have celebrated the Liturgy for more than two thousand years. The Liturgy has gone through a great deal of development, evolution and…
November 16, 2019 Eagle Rug As a Symbol of Bishop’s Ministry Orthodox worship is one of the richest Christian religious practices in terms of its symbolism. In addition to the liturgical texts and rituals, the…
November 15, 2019 May Lay People Cense at Home? The book of the prophet Malachi says, For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name…
November 9, 2019 The Compilers of the Philokalia Answer the Opponents of Frequent Communion There was a certain crisis of the Eucharistic life in the Russian Orthodox Church during the Synodal era. People received communion only sporadically, on…
November 8, 2019 Division or Addition? In recent decades, thanks to the active revival of church life, the Russian Orthodox Church has seen an increase in the number of communicants….
November 2, 2019 Lay People Celebrate Liturgy Too One can often hear that priests and deacons celebrate the Liturgy, while laypeople pray during it, or even, as it is colloquially said, “I…
November 1, 2019 Is It Right to Say Morning Prayers in the Evening? Everyone who is sufficiently familiar with the divine service of the Russian Orthodox Church, must have wondered at least once why we have Matins…
October 26, 2019 Saint Gallus, the Enlightener of the Swiss Alps The Church commemorates Saint Gallus, the enlightener of the Swiss Alps, on October 16/29. Until recently, few Orthodox Christians knew anything about this holy…
October 25, 2019 The Vespers Entrance In addition to the entrances of the Liturgy, there is also an entrance of Vespers in the Orthodox practice. The Little Entrance of the…
October 14, 2019 The Protection of the Mother of God: A Perpetual Intercession On October 1 (October 14 according to the Gregorian calendar), the Church celebrates a great holiday – the Protection of the Mother of God….
October 12, 2019 Why Do We Baptize in the Name of the Holy Trinity and Not in the Name of Jesus? As you read and re-read the Book of Acts, you will find similar expressions here and there: “[B]e baptized every one of you in…
October 11, 2019 Saint Nil Sorsky VS Saint Joseph Volotsky Lately, the Church commemorated St. Joseph Volotsky. He is one of the saints of the Russian Church, whose name is associated with the figure of…
