September 5, 2020 The Struggle Against The Normal Life Within the Christianity of our time, the great spiritual conflict, unknown to almost all, is between a naturalistic/secular world of modernity and the sacramental…
September 3, 2020 Personalism, Small Churches, and Building Community When was the last time you heard a sermon or read an article or blog post on Romans chapter 16? Apart from Rom. 16:1,…
September 2, 2020 Sunday Worship in Late 4th Century Jerusalem The 12th century manuscript that serves as the basis for this article was discovered in 1884 by the Italian archaeologist Rammurini in Arezzo (Italy)….
September 1, 2020 The Messengers of God – a Historical Review Orthodox church offices starts with the ringing of the bells to invite the faithful for the commencement of the service and to bring…
August 26, 2020 “Command!” Exclamation There is a whole series of various exclamations in the Orthodox worship service, each of which has its own purpose and history. We are…
August 23, 2020 How to Be the First Among Christians? This is not about a church career or competition. If you want to be a leader among believers, become a servant to them. The…
August 21, 2020 Why Are There So Many Curses and Cruelties In The Psalms? The Old Testament is not the “good” part of the Holy Scriptures: the Fall, the Flood, captivity, executions, idolatry, and lots and lots of…
August 15, 2020 The Antitype There is an unusual and incomprehensible word Antitype in the Eucharistic theology (Greek: ἀντίτυπα – instead of the image), used in relation to the…
August 14, 2020 Old Russian Practice of Preparing for Prayer In the Russian Church prior to the beginning of the Nikonian reforms of the 17th century, there was a pious custom of the so-called…
August 12, 2020 The Authority of the Fathers We Orthodox are fond of referring to the Church Fathers as authorities within the Church. When faced with a new or controversial issue, an…
August 10, 2020 5 Features of a True Elder Why do fake elders arise? Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanić) on how to find out whether an elder is true or not. The Church has recently…
August 8, 2020 8 Facts about the Council of Chalcedon The Church commemorated the Holy Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council on June 29. This Council was the greatest event in the history of…
