September 3, 2022 The Teachings and Practices of the Coptic Orthodox Church “Coptic” means “Egyptian” The Coptic (or “Egyptian”) Orthodox Church of Alexandria was once a part of the Ecumenical Church. Despite the word “Orthodox” in…
August 11, 2022 A Visit to Saint Elisabeth’s Hometown Darmstadt (PART 2) A Visit to Saint Elisabeth’s Hometown Darmstadt (PART 1) Ernest Louis, like his sister Elisabeth, was very interested in painting and architecture. He participated…
July 29, 2022 What Was Life Like at the First Christian Monastery Founded by Saint Pachomius the Great? St. Anthony the Great is honoured as the father of coenobitic monasticism. Yet the Venerable Pachmius the Great takes the credit for establishing the…
July 27, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 65 Part 64 Docheiariou (continued) Over time, the image of the Theotokos “Quick to Hear” began to fall into disrepair. The image on the wall…
July 21, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 64 Part 63 Docheiariou In the meantime, we were already approaching the gates of the Docheiariou monastery. We were planning to conclude our visit to…
July 13, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 63 Part 62 Parting with the St. Panteleimon Monastery On the way to our cell, we dropped in the local icon shop. Nothing special, except…
July 5, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 62 Part 61 Lights out, time to bed Igor was already in the room. He looked at us from under his sheet, his eyes glowing…
July 5, 2022 Orthodox Architecture. What Unusual Shapes Can Orthodox Churches Have? What is our idea of an Orthodox church? Today, we might visualise it as a building or rock and mortar, painted in white or…
June 30, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 61 Part 60 The evening prayer rule My heart is at peace. How wonderful the feeling! The end of September and early October are perfect…
June 23, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 60 Part 59 The ways we choose Vladimir Georgievich opened the conversation: “An acquaintance of mine, from Moscow, has been planning to visit your church….
