November 6, 2020 Peter and Caiaphas: Two High Priests? As we study Scripture, we are increasingly convinced of how important the context of the described events is. Along with considering the historical background…
November 4, 2020 Has Thomas the Apostle Really Preached in India? Ascending to His Father, Christ commanded His disciples and apostles to preach to all nations, “baptizing them in the name of the Father, and…
October 30, 2020 Saint Macrina, the Fourth Great Cappadocian? Saint Macrina is a well-known ascetic, sister of Saints Gregory of Nyssa and Basil the Great, two of the three great Cappadocian church fathers….
October 28, 2020 Menorah: Jewish Seven-Branched Candlestick in an Orthodox Church Menorah (Hebrew מְנוֹרָה lit. lamp) is a golden lamp of seven candlesticks, which was kept in the Tabernacle, and then in Solomon’s Temple until…
October 22, 2020 The Patrimony of the Byzantine Papacy “Papacy” and “Byzantium” appear mutually antagonistic (if not hostile) in our minds. At a certain period in Byzantine history, its emperors dreamed of bringing…
October 16, 2020 Where Have the Prayers in the Divine Service Disappeared? “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people” (1 Tim. 2: 1). Following the Apostle’s…
October 15, 2020 A Groom by Blood. What did Zipporah Mean? There are many cryptic expressions in the Bible, the meaning of which still isn’t completely clear. Such passages are called crux interpretum (literally interpreter’s…
October 9, 2020 Controversy around the Prayer of the Cherubikon Сatapetasma Prayer Cherubic Hymn is among many believers’ favorite chants of the Orthodox liturgy. Some even tend to consider that moment to be the…
October 7, 2020 Joshua as a Prototype of Jesus Christ On September 1, according to the Julian calendar, the Church celebrated the memory of the Old Testament saint Joshua. There is a separate book…
September 25, 2020 Why Pope Gregory the Great Opposed Using the Title “Ecumenical Patriarch” In the 6th century, the bishop of Constantinople for the first time officially became known as the “Ecumenical Patriarch”. What was the meaning of…
September 23, 2020 Is There Such Thing in the Church as the Eighth Ecumenical Council Has the Eighth Ecumenical Council already taken place? If you ask virtually any Orthodox Christian how many Ecumenical Councils there were in the church,…
September 16, 2020 St Procopius of Sazava* On September 29 by old calendar Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of the Venerable Procopius, hegumen of Sazava, a saint of the ancient…
