October 9, 2020 Controversy around the Prayer of the Cherubikon Сatapetasma Prayer Cherubic Hymn is among many believers’ favorite chants of the Orthodox liturgy. Some even tend to consider that moment to be the…
October 2, 2020 What Icon Would Make a Good Wedding Present? Anatoly Vlezko, head of the Palekh Iconostasis Workshop answers. An icon could make an excellent wedding gift, especially if it’s a church wedding. However,…
October 1, 2020 Repentance of the Bishop: For Those Who Hide Their Sins during Confession There are, unfortunately, people who hide their sins during confession. Thus, some hide because of false fear, others because of false shame, others because…
September 25, 2020 Why Pope Gregory the Great Opposed Using the Title “Ecumenical Patriarch” In the 6th century, the bishop of Constantinople for the first time officially became known as the “Ecumenical Patriarch”. What was the meaning of…
September 23, 2020 Is There Such Thing in the Church as the Eighth Ecumenical Council Has the Eighth Ecumenical Council already taken place? If you ask virtually any Orthodox Christian how many Ecumenical Councils there were in the church,…
September 20, 2020 One Reason Why God Allows Evil Spirits to Rage in Human Bodies The miracle of St. Simeon and the presbyter It is known that evil spirits try to destroy human souls not only by arousing, promoting…
September 19, 2020 Not Yours, But You: Almsgiving in the Modern Age In the Gospels there are many “hard sayings” of our Savior. Of these hard sayings, there are also many which have been all but…
September 18, 2020 Why Is Fear an Enemy of Faith? To have faith means to trust the Lord and to sense His living presence in one’s life. Faith brings us our inner peace, tranquillity…
September 14, 2020 Main Reason of Retreating from God Backslide from God does not happen overnight. It happens when a person stops too early on the way of getting to know God. This…
September 13, 2020 On the Julian Calendar, Church Tradition, and Standing for the Faith Christmas and New Year is a time when many Orthodox Christians who follow the Julian (old) calendar wonder why they do so; or rather,…
September 12, 2020 Alleluia before the Gospel Reading and the Alleluia Verses Before the Holy Gospel is read at the liturgy, we hear a lingering solemn chant. Alleluia is performed on different melodies (tones) and interspersed…
September 9, 2020 Importance of Repetition A Protestant friend asked me: How can you pray the same prayers all the time? Isn’t it limiting and monotonous? We’re certainly not expected…
