December 27, 2019 What Does the Scripture Say about Peter’s Stay in Rome? According to the Orthodox tradition, the apostle Peter preached and suffered martyrdom in Rome, and the two apostles, Peter and Paul, were the founders…
December 26, 2019 Highlights of The Year 2019: We Did It Together! When a calendar year moves towards its end, it is a good idea to review it. By the grace of God and thanks to…
December 26, 2019 The Point of Fast: Byzantine Historians about Saint Spyridon There are valuable testimonies of Socrates Scholasticus, Sozomen and Rufinus, Byzantine historians of the second half of the 4th – 5th centuries, of Saint…
December 25, 2019 An Icon of the Christian Family Everyone’s favorite time of the year is the period before Christmas‚ when the air is filled with joy‚ peace and expectation. We are blessed to live…
December 25, 2019 Andrei Rublev There is an opinion – I do not remember who expressed it – that people in the 15th century had such a thirst and…
December 24, 2019 We Wish You a Merry… Dear friends! We know some of you will celebrate Christmas as late as tomorrow. We warmly congratulate you on Christmas Eve and coming Christmas!…
December 24, 2019 Why Are the Orthodox Divine Services So Different? Worship is at the heart of the life of the Church. The whole life of an Orthodox Christian is imbued with it, both private…
December 23, 2019 Gratitude of the Foreign Leper Dealing with stress is something we all deal with at some point in our lives. And the more we think about it, the worse…
December 23, 2019 On Clay and Gold Vessels Luke 19:37-44 2 Tim. 2:20-26 The apostle Paul writes, “But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver,…
December 23, 2019 Holy Father Nicholas, Pray to God for Us! O champion wonderworker and superb servant of Christ, thou who pourest out for all the world the most precious myrrh of mercy and an…
December 22, 2019 What Does It Mean When A Person Is Blessed Unto The Seventh Generation? God says to the Jewish people in the Old Testament immediately after He had led them out of Egypt, “I the LORD thy God…
December 22, 2019 Fr. Andrew (Konanos): How Not to Turn the Children Away From God Think about how free Christ was, how freely He dealt with His disciples. When some of his followers left him, he said to his…
