April 30, 2020 Both Sorrow and Joy Can Serve for Salvation “Two monks once fell into a grave sin. But, in time, they repented and said: “Well, what benefit have we received by leaving the…
April 30, 2020 Manuel Panselinos Not much is known about Manuel Panselinos. There are ongoing disputes about whether he was a real person or just a collective image. Nevertheless,…
April 29, 2020 How to Pray for Love: The Priest’s Opinion To begin with, in brief: for a Christian, praying for love always means praying for the family, and the prayer can be as simple…
April 29, 2020 Orthodox How To: Why Do We Sing So Much? Why do we sing so much? It’s hard to find anything in Orthodox worship which isn’t sung. This is because traditional Jewish services were…
April 28, 2020 He Was Supposed to Play Christ in a Tailcoat On Easter – but Instead of Blasphemy, the Incredible Happened This wonderful story with the participation of the once famous actor Alexander Rostovtsev happened about a century ago. Soviet Union. A campaign of religion…
April 28, 2020 Radonitsa. Why Did Christ Not Do Away With Physical Death? One week after Easter, the words “Christ is risen – He is Risen, indeed” still reverberate in our ears. People usually go to the…
April 26, 2020 The Good Unbelief of Thomas In one of its hymns, our Church calls the unbelief of Thomas “good”. Understandably one would wonder – is there good and bad unbelief?…
April 26, 2020 Connection Between the Icon and the Liturgy A museum is not the right place for the icon. The icon loses much of its meaning outside the church and liturgical space, because…
April 25, 2020 The Arian Prince Becomes Orthodox and Perishes on Pascha The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church established the Feast of the Synaxis of Spanish and Portuguese Saints on December 28, 2018. The memory…
April 25, 2020 Descent into Hell: Where Is It in Scripture? Question: Where in Scripture can one find verses that the Savior brought up from hell all the righteous and repentant? Answer: About the Savior’s…
April 24, 2020 The Great and Holy Feast of Pascha at St. Elisabeth Convent The feast of feasts, the solemnity of solemnities! See how it was celebrated at our convent this year in the photo blog:
April 24, 2020 Why Is Easter Gospel Reading Not Related to Resurrection? The Prologue to the Gospel of John is read during the Easter Liturgy. It is a wonderful and theologically deep passage, but why is…
