April 13, 2023 Are The Torments Of Hell And The Heavenly Bliss Eternal? Questions concerning divine justice and man’s ultimate destiny have always been equally important to theologians and philosophers, as well as to ordinary people. We…
March 31, 2023 Types of Baptism When we hear the word “baptism” the first thing we think of is the Christian sacrament in which a person baptised with water and…
February 15, 2023 Church Under Soviet Totalitarianism: Suppression, Resistance and Compliance The Soviet Union was a state seeking to destroy religion and create a completely secular society. However, the relationship between the state and the…
January 31, 2023 The Practice of Exorcism in the Orthodox Church: History and the Present-Day Controversies In popular culture, exorcism is commonly associated with the Roman Catholic Church. In reality, this practice dates back thousands of years. In the undivided…
January 23, 2023 Rules of Orthodox Christians on Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage Marriage is a God-given union of a man and a woman. The commandments regarding marriage were given in both the Old and New Testaments….
December 21, 2022 Unusual Types of Asceticism and Ascetic Practices The word “saint” is usually associated with an image of an elder, proficient in fasting and prayer. At the same time, today it is…
December 6, 2022 These Books Could Have Entered the Canon of the New Testament The New Testament canon as we know it includes 27 books. It was compiled by St. Athanasius of Alexandria in 367, and affirmed by…
November 29, 2022 How to Become an Orthodox Christian? Sometimes people baptized in a particular faith decide to switch to another confession or even a different religion. Is it a sin to convert?…
November 19, 2022 What Is the Meaning of 9 and 40 Days after Death? Death in Orthodox Christianity is not viewed as the end of our existence. After death, the soul is only temporarily separated from the body….
October 25, 2022 The Locus of the Image of God in Man: the Body, the Soul, or Both? The Scripture teaches us that God created man in His image: “in the image of God He created him” (Genesis 1:27). But what constitutes…
