April 26, 2018 The Importance of Attending Church Cycles of Services in Orthodoxy Nothing is so spiritually uplifting, and so rewarding then prayer before God in the Church. The Orthodox Church has a cycle of services, and…
April 25, 2018 Can I Eat Meat After Holy Communion? Question: Is it permitted to eat meat on the day I have partaken of the Holy Communion? Answer: First of all, let us…
April 24, 2018 Understanding Three Central Activities of the Orthodox Church through Holy Scripture During one of our Wednesday morning Bible studies, our group tackled the famous verse John 3:16, which reads: “For God so loved the world…
April 19, 2018 Metaphorical References to the Holy Eucharist from Early Liturgical Texts Speaking of the Holy Eucharist, the Fathers and early liturgical texts of the Church have recourse to the metaphor of the flaming coal (anthrax,…
April 17, 2018 The Life and Death of an Ascetic of the Pskov Caves Monastery Once an ascetic of the Kiev Caves Lavra went on Pascha day to the famous caves where hundreds of monks are buried, and, from…
April 13, 2018 A Basic Q&A About St. Thomas Sunday Fr. Seraphim Holland, rector of the St. Nicholas Church in McKinney, Texas, answers ten questions on the first Sunday after Pascha—Thomas Sunday, also known…
April 12, 2018 5 Questions You May Have About Artos On the Bright Saturday, the believers have an opportunity to get Artos in churches. What is the origin of the tradition of taking Artos…
April 10, 2018 Orthodox Christian Tradition: Paradise and Hell Christ revealed to us that He will come at His Second Coming to judge the living and the dead. There is a well-known passage…
March 26, 2018 Why Do Seminarians Wear the Cassock? Question: Why do seminarians wear the cassock? Answer: Seminaries are a relatively recent thing in Church history. The first seminaries were established in…
March 22, 2018 How Fasting Helps Us with Prayer Like many other “second-order” virtues, fasting is spiritually beneficial principally because of what it enables us to do, or learn, or achieve, rather than…
March 16, 2018 Reader Services: When One Is Unable to Attend Church Services Excerpted from “The Typicon of the Orthodox Church’s Divine Services: The Orthodox Christian and the Church Situation Today”. …Archbishop Averky of Holy Trinity Monastery at…
March 14, 2018 Q&A with a Priest: How Should Breastfeeding Mothers Fast? Archpriest Andrew Lemeshonok, the spiritualfather of St. Elisabeth Convent, answers various questions of the parishioners. How Should Breastfeeding Mothers Fast? Can Toddlers Do…
