August 20, 2018 317 0 Rejoice, O Full of Grace: The Annunciation and the Role of Virgin Mary in Our Salvation Many people, especially those who are only in the beginning of their spiritual life, often like to think about the “last times”, the coming…
August 17, 2018 308 0 The Stairs to Holiness: The Entry of Virgin Mary into the Temple According to the Church tradition, Joachim and Anna, the pious spouses and the parents of Virgin Mary, fulfilled their pledge and devoted their child…
August 15, 2018 64 0 The Path Begins: The Conception and the Nativity of Virgin Mary The History of our salvation as well as God’s plan about the humankind is rooted in a long and private tragedy of one ancient…
May 25, 2018 380 0 Why Do We Decorate Churches with Grass, Flowers and Tree Branches on Pentecost? Since ancient times, there is a pious tradition to decorate churches on the day of Pentecost with greenery – leaves, flowers, birch branches and…
May 25, 2018 66 0 St. Anthony of Optina on Commemoration of All Departed on the Saturday before Pentecost The Ancestor’s Saturday for the commemoration of the departed on the eve of the celebration of the Holy Trinity at Pentecost is called Trinity…
May 2, 2018 70 0 St. Theophan the Recluse on Mid-Pentecost On Mid-Pentecost we can hear the Lord appealing to us: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink” (John 7:37). If…
April 17, 2018 72 0 On the Meaning of Radonitsa “On this day, the Tuesday of St. Thomas week, according to the order instituted by our Holy Fathers, we call to remembrance, in Paschal…
April 11, 2018 56 0 Why Annunciation on Great Saturday Was Such a Special Day? This year, the feast of Annunciation fell on the Great Saturday. Last time such a beautiful coincidence happened in 2007. What are the liturgical…
April 3, 2018 97 2 Easter, Pascha or Both? Many Orthodox Christians insist “Pascha” or any derivitive of the word Passover is the only correct name for the celebration of the Resurrection of…
March 23, 2018 43 0 Annunciation and the Call to Life-in-Death The Annunciation, linked with the Cross, is a flat out rejection of this Darwinian way of thinking. When I affirm that my life is…