Orthodox Feasts | The Catalog of Good Deeds https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:07:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Orthodox Feasts | The Catalog of Good Deeds https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog 32 32 160050777 Keeping Prayer Alive Through Every Season of Life https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/06/keeping-prayer-alive-through-every-season-of-life https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/06/keeping-prayer-alive-through-every-season-of-life#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:17:50 +0000 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/?p=42122 prayer

Marriage. Children. A new job. Illness. Moving house. Long commutes. Exhaustion. Days that seem too full to hold one more thing. Few Christians consciously...

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]]> https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/06/keeping-prayer-alive-through-every-season-of-life/feed 1 42122 12 Questions About Pentecost https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/06/12-questions-about-pentecost https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/06/12-questions-about-pentecost#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:53:35 +0000 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/?p=42070 Pentecost Feast Orthodox

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...

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What the Feast of the Ascension Reveals About Christ — and Humanity Before turning to the iconography of the feast, it is worth recalling...

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]]> https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/05/the-iconography-of-the-ascension/feed 1 42019 If Christ Is Risen, Why Do We Still Die? https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/04/if-christ-is-risen-why-do-we-still-die https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/04/if-christ-is-risen-why-do-we-still-die#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:43:01 +0000 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/?p=41984 Giovanni Francesco Barbieri The Entombment

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...

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]]> https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/04/if-christ-is-risen-why-do-we-still-die/feed 1 41984 What Is Grace? How God Shares His Life with Us https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/03/what-is-grace-how-god-shares-his-life-with-us https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/03/what-is-grace-how-god-shares-his-life-with-us#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:01:09 +0000 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/?p=41905 Agios Gregorios Palamas

The Church dedicates the second Sunday of Great Lent to St Gregory Palamas. This commemoration recalls a fundamental truth that he defended in the...

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]]> https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/03/what-is-grace-how-god-shares-his-life-with-us/feed 1 41905 The Triumph of Orthodoxy: From History to the Heart https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/02/the-triumph-of-orthodoxy-from-history-to-the-heart https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/02/the-triumph-of-orthodoxy-from-history-to-the-heart#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:55:14 +0000 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/?p=41893

The first Sunday of Great Lent bears a striking and solemn name: the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. It concludes the most intense...

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The Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord is among the most beloved and familiar moments of the Church year. Its images and words...

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]]> https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2026/01/what-connects-the-nativity-with-the-two-robbers-crucified-with-christ/feed 3 41832 “Glory to God in the Highest” The Nativity Hymn and the Peace the World Cannot Give https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2025/12/glory-to-god-in-the-highest-the-nativity-hymn https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2025/12/glory-to-god-in-the-highest-the-nativity-hymn#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:00:05 +0000 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/?p=41818 about christmas chants

Every year at Christmas, the Church hears and sings one of the most joyful hymns of the Nativity: “Glory to God in the highest,...

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]]> https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2025/12/glory-to-god-in-the-highest-the-nativity-hymn/feed 2 41818 The Great Earthquake of Constantinople (740) Why is this Event Remembered in the Church Calendar? https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2025/12/the-great-earthquake-of-constantinople-740 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2025/12/the-great-earthquake-of-constantinople-740#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:55:15 +0000 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/?p=41803 Great Earthquake of Constantinople

On 8 November, the Orthodox Church keeps a rather unusual remembrance: the day of the Constantinople earthquake of 740, described in the Church calendar...

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]]> https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2025/12/the-great-earthquake-of-constantinople-740/feed 2 41803 Guided by the Star: The Magi’s Journey to Christ https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2025/01/guided-by-the-star-the-magis-journey-to-christ https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2025/01/guided-by-the-star-the-magis-journey-to-christ#comments Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:56:00 +0000 https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/?p=41451 How Many Christmas Stars Were There, and What Were They?

We often hear about the Star of Bethlehem in the hymns and carols of the Nativity, but how often do we pause to reflect...

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