May 28, 2020 Iconography of the Ascension The holiday of the Ascension was established in the Church calendar around the 4th century. The great Fathers of the Church – St. Gregory…
May 27, 2020 Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker’s Commemoration Day In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, / an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence; /…
May 27, 2020 The Holy Objects of the Mount of Olives It was on the fortieth day after His Resurrection that Christ appeared to His disciples in Jerusalem for the last time. He gave them…
May 27, 2020 The Pleasures: Which Are Blameworthy and Which Are Innocent? “Pleasures” are those things which give pleasure (ηδονή) and sweeten our lives. They are dual, like our human nature. As we possess a body…
May 26, 2020 Whom and Why Did Christ Actually Drive Out of the Temple? Some people use the Gospel story about Christ expelling merchants from the Jerusalem temple to substantiate the thesis that a believer has the right…
May 26, 2020 Did Jesus Prophesy the Near End of the World? Jesus is sometimes said to have claimed that the world was coming to an end during the lifetime of His generation and therefore He…
May 25, 2020 Does an Icon Painter Have to Be a Believer? According to the dictionary, icon painting is a type of art. However, this is a very special kind of art, and its definition is…
May 25, 2020 Can the Gospel of the Blind Man be Used to Support Belief in Reincarnation? Question: We can look at the story about the blind man in the Gospel of St. John as yet another testimony to the existence…
May 24, 2020 Would You Rather Be Blind? The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John 9:1-38 If you were given the choice between having your physical sight or having…
May 24, 2020 15 Quotations of St. Barsanuphius of Optina 1. Eternal torment and eternal bliss are not things that only come from the outside. They are primarily found within man himself. The Kingdom…
May 23, 2020 Why Do the Same Saints Look Different on Different Icons? Orthodox icons are sometimes surprising. We all at least once saw the image of Jesus Christ, written in unusual for our eyes way. Savior…
May 23, 2020 Saint Germanus of Auxerre Christians commemorate St. Germanus of Auxerre, a saint from ancient Gaul, on July 31. By decree of the Synod of the Russian Church in…
