March 28, 2022 292 0 Veneration of the Holy Cross. Historical Background Special veneration of the Holy Cross during the third week of Great Lent was established in the 7th century. It was associated with several…
January 7, 2022 90 0 Season’s Greetings and Three Christmas Miracles “Christ is born, give ye glory!” The Nativity canon sounds solemnly, filling the souls of believers with joy. Today, as we celebrate the great…
January 5, 2022 186 0 8 Paremias that Are the Most Important Thing on Christmas Eve Unfortunately, since most Orthodox Christians have to work on Christmas Eve, they do not have the opportunity to attend Vespers with the Liturgy of…
December 5, 2021 330 0 Does the Church Denigrate Women? Some Thoughts on Account of the Feast of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos to the Temple “I am a Christian – believe it or not. God helps me all the time. But I do not go to Church, as I…
October 14, 2021 83 0 Spiritual Revelation and Self-Sacrifice In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Today the Holy Church, in Russia and in a small number…
September 27, 2021 38 0 The Light of Your Countenance In the translation provided in our official OCA Divine Liturgy book of the festal material for the Feast of the Elevation of the Cross…
September 20, 2021 80 0 That Birth Reveals the Ways of God When Mary of Nazareth first emerged from her mother as a newborn infant and uttered her first newborn cries, few then present could have…
August 30, 2021 338 0 5 Quotes from Saints about the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos O what a blessed departure this going to God of thine. If God vouchsafes it to all His servants–and we know that He does…
August 27, 2021 183 0 The Incorruptible Flower of Paradise: A Discourse on the Great Feast of Dormition Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov speaks to why the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos—the autumn Pascha, is especially significant for us, how…
August 19, 2021 73 0 The Transfiguration – The Other Great Forgotten Feast The Holy Transfiguration, August 6 (19), is one of the Great Feasts of the Church – but I’ll bet if you asked Americans “What…