April 24, 2020 195 0 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 243 0 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…
April 24, 2020 320 0 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 1319 0 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 219 0 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 97 0 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 421 0 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 582 0 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 193 1 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 1372 2 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…