March 15, 2022 He Took Tonsure at Sixteen, Spent More than 10 Years in a Prison Camp, and Was a Gifted Speaker We continue our series about the prominent elders of the Russian Orthodox Church who illuminated with the light of their righteousness the dark Godless…
March 11, 2022 Illumination in Church. Part 2 Light has unique symbolic meaning in worship and so do all the illumination tools used in church. In our previous article, we discussed candle…
March 9, 2022 Weighing the Benefits and Risks of Praying at Night At the beginning of the Great Lent, the Christian faithful contemplate their ascetic effort in the body and spirit. Many take their cues from…
March 5, 2022 Illumination in Church Often we take little notice of the multiple sources of light used in worship. However, they have great liturgical and symbolic significance. Apart from…
March 2, 2022 He Preserved the Free Spirit despite the Inhuman Conditions of the Prison Camps Late Soviet elders take a special place in the history of the Russian Church. These spirit-bearing people have suffered their full share of political…
February 25, 2022 Preparing Bodies of Deceased Christians for Burial. Has Anything Changed since Ancient Times? Respectful attitude towards the bodies of the dead is characteristic of many nations at all times. First, this is a way to show respect…
February 22, 2022 How Our Prayers Can Help the Departed: Some Practical Examples Saint Theophan the Recluse once remarked, “We pray for the departed like for the living, whether or not they had been following the way…
February 19, 2022 Analogion and Its Role in Worship The interior decoration of an Orthodox church is a complex system of liturgical items, serving the common purpose of bringing man closer to God….
February 15, 2022 Gerontissa Gabriela, Who Embraced the World with Her Love Eldress Gabriela (in the world, Avrilia Papayannis) was born on 15 October 1897 to a Greek family in Constantinople. She was the youngest in…
February 14, 2022 Whom Did the Secret Angel Visit this Time? Results of the 2021-2022 Campaign Following a good tradition, our catalogue held another Secret Angel Christmas charity campaign in December last year. Anyone could take part in it by…
February 11, 2022 Psalter: Why Read It at Home and How to Read it Right? The Psalter is the only Old Testament book, fully included in the rubrics of the Orthodox Church. It is older than the Lord’s prayer…
February 8, 2022 The Women Who Trespassed on Mount Athos The Holy Mountain, the domain of the Holy Theotokos, has had a strict rule against the admission of women for many centuries. At one…
