January 11, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 38 Part 37 St Paul To my shame, I was sure that the Monastery of St Paul was named in honor of the “Apostle of…
December 28, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 37 Part 36 About the Will of God The concept of God’s will is in danger of becoming a “stock phrase” in the Orthodox world….
December 21, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 36 Part 35 Dafni Crossing to the southern side of the Athos ridge, our bus began to descend to Dafni pier, the main Athos port,…
December 18, 2021 Comparison of Biblical and Babylonian Cosmogony The clay tablets, discovered in 1849 in the ruins of the Ashurbanipal library, have caused much controversy among historians and biblical scholars. They contain…
December 14, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 35 Part 34 Monastic Meal Walking out of St Andrew’s Cathedral, we joined the group going to the refectory, located in the basement of the…
December 9, 2021 Do the Catacombs of the Early Christians Have Anything in Common with the “Catacomb Church?” Many will be aware of the role of catacombs in the early history of the Christian Church. Yet the nature of this role was…
December 7, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 34 Part 33 Not Knowing Where I was… Taking a look around and seeing the Central Russian temple architecture, I felt at home, just as…
December 6, 2021 The History of the Temple that the Most Holy Theotokos Entered The Temple of Solomon was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586. The Jewish people were then expelled from their native land. Ten percent of the…
December 3, 2021 The History of the Christmas Tree and Christmas Tree Decorations in Russia Today it seems hard to imagine Christmas holidays without a Christmas tree, decorating which has become a heartwarming family tradition. Where has the tradition…
December 2, 2021 Non-Believers Don’t Recognize Christians in Us — and That Is Terrible We Orthodox consider ourselves to be the followers and successors of the first Christians. We are members of the Church founded by the Apostles…
November 30, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 33 Part 32 Prayer in Stasidia This is not a day, only a moon shadow. The night is deep, and the dawn is centuries away….
November 28, 2021 Are Buddhist Spiritual Practices Really Similar to Hesychasm? A number of articles (including academic ones) that can be easily found on the internet, compare Buddhist spiritual and physical practices with the tradition…
