December 30, 2020 847 0 What Do We Know about Saint Matthias, the 12th Apostle? Matthias (Greek Ματθίας, Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ – “gift of Yahweh”) is one of the disciples of Jesus Christ, who, according to the book of Acts,…
December 16, 2020 776 0 St Andrew the Apostle — Founder of the Church of Constantinople? On December 30, the church celebrates the memory of St Andrew the First-Called, one of the holy apostles. According to a tradition, St Andrew…
December 14, 2020 189 0 Feast Day of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First Called, or What Is the Essence of Life for an Orthodox Christian The Nativity Fast is always full of holidays. The saints seem to be lining up to glorify the Born Christ. On December 13, we…
November 6, 2020 699 3 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 608 0 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…
November 2, 2020 145 0 Saint Luke, Apostle, Evangelist and Provider of Songs On October 18, Christians in both East and West commemorate the holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke. But “Provider of Songs”, as above? I made that…
July 12, 2020 183 0 The Holy Apostles Rocky Johnson and Paul On July 12 we celebrate the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. The usual icon for the feast shows them united, embracing in…
April 26, 2020 146 0 The Good Unbelief of Thomas In one of its hymns, our Church calls the unbelief of Thomas “good”. Understandably one would wonder – is there good and bad unbelief?…
April 15, 2020 66 0 The Apostasy of Judas The hymns of Holy Week travel straight like arrows to the heart. There we learn of the harlot’s gratitude to Christ, she who formerly…
February 14, 2020 520 0 Did Peter and Paul Argue? But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. For before that certain came…
