July 12, 2022 135 0 God’s Power Is Manifest in Weakness: Learning from St. Peter and St. Paul In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Today we commemorate the Apostles Peter and Paul. Peter was an apostle…
September 1, 2021 401 0 Who Was Simon Magus? The book of Acts of the Apostles (chapter eight) contains a story about a certain Simon Magus from Samaria, who “amazed the people ……
July 12, 2021 122 0 Thoughts on the Heights and Depths of Human Soul Memory of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul John 21: 15-25 Matthew 16: 13-19 2 Cor. 11: 21-12: 9 On the feast of the holy supreme Apostles we recall the Gospel scene…
July 12, 2021 77 0 Apostolicity The Church has considered this of central importance. That’s why the word was added to the Creed. We believe in “One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.”…
July 11, 2021 461 0 The House of St Peter the Apostle where Jesus Christ Used to Visit: How Did Archaeologists Manage to Find it after 20 Centuries? St Peter was born in the city of Capernaum. Here he owned a house, in which Jesus Christ often visited during His mission on…
July 9, 2021 8434 0 There Were Two Judas among the Apostles. What Do We Know about the Other Judas? Judas Iscariot is a well-known name. He was a close disciple of our Lord Jesus Christ who betrayed Him and took his own life….
May 10, 2021 148 0 What It Was that Saved Thomas Thomas had a heart that had taken one too many beatings. Despite his often being stigmatized by later generations as “Doubting Thomas” there is…
February 4, 2021 130 0 Sending Out the Seventy Disciples Luke 10: 1-15 Colossians 4: 10-18 Apart from the twelve Apostles, Christ appointed seventy disciples and sent them two by two ahead of him…
January 28, 2021 2023 0 How Many Icons Did St Luke the Apostle Write and Which Icons Were They? Read Part 1 “The icons of the Mother of God are like stars in the sky. Only the Heavenly Queen knows their number…” says…
January 21, 2021 4958 2 St Luke the Apostle as an Icon Painter. Did he Really Paint Icons? We owe a great deal to the Apostle Luke for telling us more than other evangelists about the Most Holy Theotokos and the childhood…
