June 30, 2026 Keeping Prayer Alive Through Every Season of Life Marriage. Children. A new job. Illness. Moving house. Long commutes. Exhaustion. Days that seem too full to hold one more thing. Few Christians consciously…
June 2, 2026 12 Questions About Pentecost On 31 May 2026, the Church celebrates one of Her great feasts: Pentecost, also called Trinity Sunday. Fifty days after Christ’s Resurrection, the apostles…
May 19, 2026 The Iconography of the Ascension What the Feast of the Ascension Reveals About Christ — and Humanity Before turning to the iconography of the feast, it is worth recalling…
April 21, 2026 If Christ Is Risen, Why Do We Still Die? If death has been defeated, why do people still die? Christ did not simply raise the dead—this had happened before, through the prophets and…
March 10, 2026 What Is Grace? How God Shares His Life with Us The Church dedicates the second Sunday of Great Lent to St Gregory Palamas. This commemoration recalls a fundamental truth that he defended in the…
February 24, 2026 The Triumph of Orthodoxy: From History to the Heart The first Sunday of Great Lent bears a striking and solemn name: the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. It concludes the most intense…
January 13, 2026 What Connects the Nativity with the Two Robbers Crucified with Christ The Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord is among the most beloved and familiar moments of the Church year. Its images and words…
December 30, 2025 “Glory to God in the Highest” The Nativity Hymn and the Peace the World Cannot Give Every year at Christmas, the Church hears and sings one of the most joyful hymns of the Nativity: “Glory to God in the highest,…
December 16, 2025 The Great Earthquake of Constantinople (740) Why is this Event Remembered in the Church Calendar? On 8 November, the Orthodox Church keeps a rather unusual remembrance: the day of the Constantinople earthquake of 740, described in the Church calendar…
January 14, 2025 Guided by the Star: The Magi’s Journey to Christ We often hear about the Star of Bethlehem in the hymns and carols of the Nativity, but how often do we pause to reflect…
December 31, 2024 How Many Years Have Passed Since the Nativity of Christ? The modern calendar, used almost universally, begins with the Nativity of Christ. But was Christ truly born two thousand years ago, as this system…
July 2, 2024 The Mountain that Bears the Lord’s Footprint The land where the Lord Jesus Christ lived and ministered—known as the Holy Land or Palestine—holds numerous sacred sites for Christians. One such site…
