February 24, 2022 Antimension: Symbolism and Liturgical Practice In the current liturgical tradition, it is impossible to celebrate the Eucharist without an antimension. In extreme situations, the Chalice can be replaced with…
February 19, 2022 Treasures of Church Literature: Didache The Didache or The Lord’s Teaching through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations is one of the oldest monuments of Christian literature, dating from…
February 16, 2022 Eucharist outside the Liturgy in the Ancient Church In the modern practice of the Church, Communion is usually performed only in church and only by the priest. In case of acute need,…
February 13, 2022 What Is Secret Monasticism? The Soviet persecution against the Russian Church in the 20th century was like a return to early Christianity. Churches and monasteries were closed, faith…
February 9, 2022 History of the Altar Barrier and Iconostasis Altar barriers have been known since the very first centuries of Christianity. However, the Russian iconostasis did not acquire its present form (a high…
February 5, 2022 The Sign of the Cross in Ancient Church Tertullian clearly writes about the significance of the sign of the cross in the life of the ancient Christians, “At every forward step and…
February 2, 2022 Anointing with Oil in Antiquity and in the Christian Church The anointing with oil (primarily as a remedy for bodily ailments) has been widespread among the peoples of the Middle East since ancient times….
January 31, 2022 Where Do New Souls Come From? The Bible describes the creation of only one person’s soul, and this is the soul of Adam. The Holy Scriptures contain no exact data…
January 26, 2022 Some of the Rarest Materials and Methods of Creating Sacred Images Today when we see carved icons made of wood or ivory, as well as obsidian or stone icons, we consider them unusual. But if…
January 23, 2022 Monastic Headdress: Klobuk Klobuk (Turk kalpak – hat) is the everyday headdress of monastics and bishops, also used for celebrating certain divine services. Klobuk’s equivalents in the…
January 18, 2022 Degrees of Acceptance of Theological Statements by the Church The church historian V. Bolotov proposed a system with 4 stages of acceptance of a particular theological idea or statement by the entire Church,…
January 16, 2022 What Was the Real Age of Christ? The works of the Hieromartyr Irenaeus of Lyons contain a statement according to which Christ died not at the age of 33, as it…
