April 24, 2020 Questions You’ve Always Intended to Ask about Orthodox Worship but Never Got Around to It I originally intended this to be a short introduction to a new series on the Divine Liturgy, but somehow it got out of control,…
April 23, 2020 Iconography of the Descent of Jesus Christ into Hell The usual iconography of the Resurrection is actually a scene of the Descent of Jesus Christ into hell, which, according to tradition, took place…
April 23, 2020 How Should One Understand the Words “In the Beginning Was the Word”? Question: How should one understand the words “In the beginning was the Word”? Answer: In the first verse of the fourth Gospel, of the…
April 22, 2020 About Witnesses and False Witnesses Christ is risen! The gospel today speaks of the first disciples of the Lord, and the book of the Acts tells how they first…
April 22, 2020 The Prospects of Living Without Church: Online Confession and Communion as in the 4th Century A fragment of a conversation with Archbishop Theodosius (Snigiryov) of Boyarka, suffragan bishop under Metropolitan Onuphrius of Kiev and All Ukraine. In view of…
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…
