February 1, 2020 “Moses of Mesopotamia” Teaches Girls, Rebukes a Judge, Raises a Deceiver from the Dead, and Sends Mosquitoes to Attack the Enemy Troops The Orthodox Church has recently celebrated the memory of the great saint who combined three types of holiness – priesthood, monkhood and suffering for…
January 31, 2020 Archimandrite Andrew Konanos on How to Warm Up Your Neighbor What did God say? “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is…
January 31, 2020 Where Did the Custom of Reading the Prayers of Preparation for the Holy Communion Come From? An Orthodox Christian is certainly well acquainted with the preparatory prayers for the Holy Communion. This prayer rule is important and highly recommended before…
January 30, 2020 My Journey to the Russian North Throughout many centuries of Russian history, wood has remained the main building material due to its accessibility and renewability. Wood as a building material…
January 30, 2020 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh about Saint Anthony the Great We do not serve every day, and therefore we take no notice of the names of saints and their teachings, from which we could…
January 30, 2020 The Marks of the Church: the Church as Holy Every Sunday we confess in the Creed that the Church is “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic”. But what do we mean when we say…
January 29, 2020 What Is a Measure Icon and What Is It for? Search engines fetch a wide array of links to icon painting workshops specializing in measure icons, as well as links to articles popularizing these…
January 29, 2020 A New Documentary about Elder Joseph the Hesychast A documentary on one of the greatest saints of the 20th century will soon be released. In the video interview below, five-time Emmy award…
January 28, 2020 Icon of The Baptism of The Lord: Details Unknown to Many The four canonical Gospels report that Jesus Christ was baptized in the waters of the Jordan by John the Baptist. On the basis of…
January 28, 2020 Crusade of the Iberian Enlightener Today we talk a lot about the necessity of the Orthodox mission, and often complain about the lack of appropriate traditions and experience. We…
January 27, 2020 Our Ministry Is Both Dangerous and Difficult I was the rector of the Epiphany Church in the village of Khatanga in 1999. It is the northernmost part of the Krasnoyarsk Territory,…
January 26, 2020 History of Blessing of Water The rite of the blessing of water is directly derived from the baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Jordan River. The Church…
