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…
May 3, 2020 The Sunday of the Myrrhbearers – the Soul of the Home Dear Beloved, We are celebrating today the Third Sunday after Pascha in which we commemorate the brave myrrh-bearer women. Indeed brave because they were…
May 3, 2020 Old Russian Pictorial Embroidery The gold-embroidered Byzantine fabrics were known in Russia even before the adoption of Christianity. It was from Byzantium with which firm diplomatic and trading…
May 2, 2020 A Miracle Of Blessed Matrona of Moscow How wonderful wax candles smell. Their scent comforts your mind, and this makes prayer easier. “Lord, I thank Thee, for Thou art the good…
May 2, 2020 Vocal Reading of Prayers It has been a longstanding challenge for the congregation to consciously participate in the divine service. A possible reason for the fact that worshipers…
May 2, 2020 Akathist to Saint Matrona of Moscow Kontakion 1 Chosen by the Holy Spirit of God from thy swaddling clothes, blessed eldress Matrona, thou didst receive bodily infirmity and blindness from…
May 1, 2020 “You Will Go Out and Say that There Is No God. Because If You Won’t…” One poor old woman had two children: a son and a daughter. The son became a monk, and the daughter, because of poverty, committed…
May 1, 2020 Liturgical Fans You can sometimes spot through the open Royal Door of Orthodox churches two shining discs on stakes next to the High Place. They are…
