February 15, 2020 The Triple Meaning of the Axios You can always hear a very ancient exclamation, most often in Ancient Greek – ἄξιος, which means “worthy”, during the ordination of the deacon,…
February 14, 2020 Did Peter and Paul Argue? But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. For before that certain came…
February 13, 2020 Atheists’ Killer Argument: Why Do Babies Suffer? Perhaps this is the most vulnerable point of our faith. The opponents of Christianity love to muzzle us with this question, while we are…
February 13, 2020 Christian Love and Human Eros on Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day is a big deal in America and I am not going to try to diminish that. Even though trying to trace back…
February 12, 2020 Simon Ushakov No other icon painter got such contradictory opinions about his work as Simon Ushakov. Did he ruin the iconographic tradition, or was he its…
February 12, 2020 An Icon as a Profile Picture: Is It Blasphemy or Not? Question: Can I use an icon as my profile picture? Is it blasphemy or not? Answer: An icon is a sacred image. It is…
February 12, 2020 St. Basil the Great: “Do Not Sink Back!” Make the effort to rise from the ground. Remember the good Shepherd who will follow and rescue you. Whether you are wounded in both…
February 11, 2020 Why Do Some Saints Have Square Halos? Indeed, we can see such images of saints, mainly of the Byzantine period, on the walls of ancient temples. Standing or kneeling figures with…
February 11, 2020 “I Was Offended and Decided to Leave the Temple Without Getting Baptized” – The Story of An Artist Who Painted More Than Fifty Paintings About St. Xenia of Petersburg One day, my life started to remind me of a broken record. One more spin, and it’s the same. It’s like you exist in…
February 11, 2020 The Marks of the Church: the Church as Apostolic We come at last to the final adjective in the Creed’s description of the Church: apostolic. The word “apostolic” comes from the Greek word apostello,…
February 10, 2020 The Icon of the Mother of God Assuage My Sorrows This image got its name after the lines from the following sticheron dedicated to the Mother of God, “Assuage the sickness of my greatly…
February 10, 2020 15 Drawings of the Life of Saint Xenia of Petersburg Drawings by Alexander Prostev. Source: https://foma.ru/15-kartin-iz-zhizni-svyatoy-ksenii-peterburgskoy.html
