May 9, 2020 Why Did God Give Freedom of Choice to Fallen Man? Question: Please tell me why did God give free will and free choice to fallen man? For according to the holy fathers, people cannot…
May 9, 2020 Biblical Songs and Octoechos The Great Lent reminds us of the liturgical use of biblical songs, i. e., Old and New Testament hymns sung by the saints in the…
May 8, 2020 The Stained Glass Window of the Resurrection of Christ and other Wonders During the bright Easter days, when divine services in churches were held with the open Royal Door, the parishioners of the St. Sabbas the…
May 8, 2020 Omophorion The omophorion is an integral part of the bishop’s liturgical vestment. It is by this liturgical vestment that believers recognize holy hierarchs on icons….
May 7, 2020 Why Are Icons with the Same Name Not Alike? Iconography follows duplication of the icon – creating an image based on an existing one. We know that in ancient times, duplications were often…
May 7, 2020 Step Down, or What Dangers Await a Priest in Today’s World? The Path Without Compromise. The Internet today is full of various sharp publications or videos related to the clergy. Occasionally, priests themselves voice concerns…
May 6, 2020 Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God The Church tradition ascribes the Feodorovskaya icon of the Mother of God from Kostroma to the Evangelist Luke. The history of its discovery is…
May 6, 2020 Who Is the Real Saint George? Regularly, the secular media report stories about England’s current patron-saint. There are those who complain that St George is ‘a Turkish saint’; others project…
May 5, 2020 Is Orthodoxy Light Over? One friend of mine, a bright man and a talented musician, while being healthy treated faith ironically, sometimes making vulgar jokes on a Christian…
May 5, 2020 God in the Life of Man One famous Soviet actor, summing up his life, described his greatest tragedy as follows, “I forgot God”. Surprisingly, in our time, even Christians do…
May 4, 2020 The Holy Fathers on Death Even death is afraid to approach the one who fears God, and then only comes to him when told to separate his soul from…
May 4, 2020 Saint Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemos, and the Holy Myrrhbearing Women Christ is risen! Truly he is risen! The Church Fathers did nothing haphazardly. During Pascha, as our lectionary takes us through the Gospel of…
