March 31, 2019 Where to Arrange Icons at Home: Why the East Is So Important? Traditionally, icons are placed on the east wall of a building. We can see it in Orthodox churches where the iconostasis is made in…
March 31, 2019 Is It Necessary for the Orthodox to Always Wear a Cross? Question: “Is it necessary for an Orthodox Christian to always wear a Cross?” Answer: The practice of wearing a cross is very ancient, and…
March 29, 2019 The Unction: Whom Is It For, How to Prepare for It, and What to Do with the Oil, the Candles, and the Grain? Archimandrite Spyridon (Khodanich) on the rules of the Unction. The Sacrament of Unction is performed in all Orthodox churches during the Great Lent. However,…
March 28, 2019 On the Sharp Question of Female Priesthood Extract from “Orthodoxy and Western Christianity. Contemporary Protestantism. On Female Priesthood.” The issue of ordination of women arises from the Protestant attitude to priesthood…
March 26, 2019 On Breaking and Cutting the Bread, or Why Did the Knife Appear? The knife has been used for cutting the Bread for a long time. Priests in Constantinople started to use it in the early 8th…
March 22, 2019 When and Why Did The Tradition of Giving Communion on a Spoon Arise? Archimandrite Alypius (Svetlichny) on the history and symbolism of liturgical utensils. What Vessels and Diskoses Were Used for the Eucharist After the Edict of…
March 20, 2019 Do We Know What the Chalice that Jesus Used for His Last Ritual Passover Supper Looked Like? Archimandrite Alypius (Svetlichny) on the history and symbolism of liturgical utensils. It is lamentable sometimes that there are so few descriptions and details in…
March 19, 2019 Why Is It Forbidden to Get Married During the Lent? Longing for a source of joy that you’ve lost can make all other delights of the world seem unimportant. Everything has its time and…
March 17, 2019 5 Greatest Heresies and How the Church Overcame Them There is an unusual and rare service called The Triumph of Orthodoxy held only once a year, on the first Sunday of the Great…
March 10, 2019 8 Important Things to Remember in Anticipation of Great Lent The Great Lent is near. It is time for every Christian to pause and think what he or she should give up for the…
March 8, 2019 Why Grumbling Diminishes All Your Patience Have you noticed how often we find ourselves grumbling about this or that? It seems that it is our nature to complain about…
March 8, 2019 Can I Leave Church Immediately After the Lord’s Prayer, If I Don’t Plan to Take Communion? If you choose to leave the church at any moment during the Divine Liturgy, no one is going to hold you back. The thing…
