May 19, 2019 On the Question of the Frequent Communion of the Holy Sacraments Most likely, it wasn’t accidental that the Holy Fathers decided to dedicate the Fourth Sunday after Easter to the issue of paralysis. They were…
May 17, 2019 What Is Enthronement in Orthodoxy? A bishop is a successor of the Apostles and the link between each Christian and the Church because the bishop is the chief priest…
May 15, 2019 “Priest Is Always Right?” A Difficult Question of Communication with Priests A priest refused to give communion to a one-year-old baby who had drunk some milk two hours before. Both his biological mother and his…
May 11, 2019 Who or What Are Gog and Magog? Why Are They So Famous? Bishop Sylvester (Stoichev), the Rector of Kiev Theological Academy, on the meaning of the mysterious Gog and Magog. These two names are mentioned in…
May 11, 2019 Why not to Have a Fixed Day for Pascha? Recently there has been some talk in church circles of changing the present calendar so that Pascha (or “Easter” as it is known in…
May 11, 2019 Celibacy in Orthodoxy Question: “The Hebrew Bible nowhere thought celibacy praiseworthy (St. Paul was an exception). So why does Orthodoxy teach that monastic celibacy is the greatest…
May 10, 2019 Top 10 Biblical Archaeology Discoveries Since 1945. Part Two 6. Ossuaries of James, Brother of Jesus, and Caiaphas the High Priest An ossuary (a limestone container for the bones of the dead) with…
May 10, 2019 “Bone of My Bone, Flesh of My Flesh” The primordial man says of his wife, “This is now bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh.” (Gen 2:23) St. Nikolai of…
May 10, 2019 Priest as a Model of a Christian Life “Be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (St. Paul’s first letter to Timothy…
May 5, 2019 Orthodox Christianity: a Religion of Rules or Love? One of the things that newcomers quickly learn about the Orthodox Church is that it is a Church with various rules. Everyone who…
May 4, 2019 The Origins of the Bright Week and the Mystagogical Catechism for the First Christians It is Bright Week now. We continue to celebrate Easter during these seven happy days. Why is this week called Bright? How did the…
May 3, 2019 Top 10 Biblical Archaeology Discoveries Since 1945. Part One 1. Dead Sea Scrolls The initial seven well-preserved manuscripts were discovered by several Bedouin shepherds and then subjected to scholarly research in 1947. In…
