December 30, 2022 Genealogy of Christ: What Are the Mysteries Behind the List of 42 Names This list of more than forty names includes both righteous and sinners. What were these people famous for? Why would a modern Christian want…
December 6, 2022 These Books Could Have Entered the Canon of the New Testament The New Testament canon as we know it includes 27 books. It was compiled by St. Athanasius of Alexandria in 367, and affirmed by…
September 20, 2022 Mary’s First and Final Sermon It is the feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos. As we commemorate it at Church, let us recall her only sermon brought to…
September 9, 2022 The Sayings of Christ Not Found in the Gospels The sayings ascribed to Christ but not found in the Gospels are also called the Agrapha. There are many known Agrapha, some of which…
August 17, 2022 Which New Testament Books Could Have Been Left Out of the Canon and Why? The ancient Church used apostolic writings and the Apocrypha, which have also co-existed with bogus texts claiming to be authentic. The Church had to…
June 27, 2022 Jesus calls His Apostles Commentary on the Gospel According to Matthew by Saint Theophylact of Ochrid Matthew 4:18. As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he…
May 4, 2022 Why Did Herod Have Jesus Clothed in the Attire of a Roman Civil Servant? Some fragments of the Gospel cannot be fully understood without an explanation. The end of the narration about Tetrarch Herod’s trial of Christ is one…
February 13, 2022 Comfort of the Unrighteous Everyone knows the parable of the publican and the Pharisee. For us, modern readers, the publican is a “good guy”, while the Pharisee is…
January 16, 2022 What Was the Real Age of Christ? The works of the Hieromartyr Irenaeus of Lyons contain a statement according to which Christ died not at the age of 33, as it…
January 2, 2022 Who Were the Wise Men? Despite the story of the Wise Men bringing their gifts to the Infant Christ being very popular, the bible contains but very limited information…
