July 1, 2019 Is It Possible to Participate in Sacraments without Wearing a Cross? There is no strict prescription in the church rules or canons stating that participation in church sacraments becomes impossible for those Orthodox Christians who…
June 30, 2019 What Can an Unbaptized Person Do in the Church? An unbaptized person is outside of the Church. Why isn’t he allowed in? Does he lack anything? Is he spiritually crippled or just doesn’t…
June 27, 2019 Sign of the Cross on Entering Church: How Many Times and Why We Should Do It As a rule, a believer should cross and bow three times before entering or leaving a church. The number three symbolizes the Holy Trinity….
June 27, 2019 Are There Any Reasons for Children to Be Rebaptized? There is no such concept as “rebaptism” in the Orthodox Church. Every day we recite a summary of the basic Christian truths in Nicene…
June 27, 2019 Can the Church Do without Deacons? Recently I overheard a conversation about deacons and someone opined that if there were no deacons in the Church no one would notice, and…
June 26, 2019 Sun? Stream? Triangle? Some Ways of Grasping the Mystery of the Holy Trinity Saint Augustine, a famous 4th-century bishop and theologian, was walking along the sea shore thinking about the mystery of the Holy Trinity one day….
June 25, 2019 “They Make Me to Go to Church. But What about My Free Will?” Question: Hello! When I was 14, my mother got churched rapidly and eventually she “churched” me as well. Both then and now my mom…
June 23, 2019 How Should an Orthodox Christian Celebrate His Birthday and Name Day? There was a priest who celebrated his birthday, which was the same as his name day. When the Divine Liturgy was over, he went…
June 21, 2019 “Do Not Get Dirty!”: 5 Facts to Know about the “Holi Festival of Colors” Almost all over the world, the so-called “holi colors festivals” have been held for last several years. During such festivals, people are throwing colors…
June 20, 2019 Dry Lilies Blossomed in Krasnogorsk Monastery Eighth Time in a Row Dry lilies under a glass cover of the Joy of All Who Sorrow icon, located in a church of Krasnogorsk All Saints Monastery (Mukachevo,…
June 19, 2019 Do Clerical Dress and Monastic Habits Really Matter? I am a great fan of the BBC series “Call the Midwife”, which features a group of Anglican sisters working among the poor in…
June 18, 2019 Why Is the Church Supposed to Speak All the Languages? Ref. Acts 2: 5-11 “We hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” What an amazing feeling that must have…
