April 21, 2020 Online Service: How to Pray at Home? In a situation where believers are forced to stay at home in self-isolation, many churches have launched online broadcasts of services. This experience is…
April 21, 2020 Paschal Lunacy I suspect that many Orthodox have shared the experience of inviting friends to the Paschal service only to be met with polite but stunned…
April 21, 2020 What Did the 20th Century Saints Say about the Coronavirus? Typically, such prophecies very quickly gain additions and embellishments from some not very intelligent “zealots”. They make up everything that comes to mind. They…
April 20, 2020 About the Sacred Hierarchy We do not know the exact time when Christ rose. Myrrh-bearing women barely waited until the beginning of the day following Saturday. It was…
April 19, 2020 A Paschal Homily of Saint Justin (Popovich) Man sentenced God to death; by His Resurrection, He sentenced man to immortality. In return for a beating, He gives an embrace; for abuse,…
April 18, 2020 Weep Not For Me, O Mother Icon The topic of Passion in Orthodox iconography is not as diverse as in Western European art. However, since the late 15th century Russian iconostasis…
April 18, 2020 Easter of the Holy Saturday One of the most beautiful divine services is the Holy Saturday Vespers, combined with the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great. One often hears…
April 17, 2020 Good Friday in Iconography The events of Good Friday develop with lightning speed. The central theme of Good Friday, the theme of death, is being experienced through this…
April 17, 2020 Crucify Him! – Why Do People First Greet Christ and Then Demand His Death? So it came to pass… The same people who greeted Jesus as He entered Jerusalem, shout “Crucify Him” five days later. There is some…
April 16, 2020 Weapons Against Enemies “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good” (Romans 12:21). What do these words mean? It means that they do not pour…
April 16, 2020 The Last Supper: What It Was Like On Great Thursday, the Church remembers the Passover events that occurred two thousand years ago, when the Lord celebrated the last Passover with his…
April 15, 2020 The Apostasy of Judas The hymns of Holy Week travel straight like arrows to the heart. There we learn of the harlot’s gratitude to Christ, she who formerly…
