June 27, 2019 2102 1 Sign of the Cross on Entering Church: How Many Times and Why We Should Do It As a rule, a believer should cross and bow three times before entering or leaving a church. The number three symbolizes the Holy Trinity….
June 27, 2019 275 1 Are There Any Reasons for Children to Be Rebaptized? There is no such concept as “rebaptism” in the Orthodox Church. Every day we recite a summary of the basic Christian truths in Nicene…
June 27, 2019 1283 0 Can the Church Do without Deacons? Recently I overheard a conversation about deacons and someone opined that if there were no deacons in the Church no one would notice, and…
June 26, 2019 1273 2 Sun? Stream? Triangle? Some Ways of Grasping the Mystery of the Holy Trinity Saint Augustine, a famous 4th-century bishop and theologian, was walking along the sea shore thinking about the mystery of the Holy Trinity one day….
June 26, 2019 353 0 The Oak of Mamre Episode Is the Beginning of the Holy Trinity Revelation The episode at the oak of Mamre, recorded in Genesis 18, is one of the strangest and most mysterious in the scriptures. It has…
June 26, 2019 157 0 Fr. Andrey Lemeshonok: “In God Everything Is Simple!” You can either live and destroy (though it isn’t life, but dying) or you can live and create. First of all, of course, to…
June 25, 2019 1609 2 Fr. Valery Zakharov on How We Should Deal with Complicated Circumstances God’s mercy is concealed in sorrows! If you’re beleaguered by sorrows, rejoice, for it is the time when you are on the right track….
June 25, 2019 206 0 “They Make Me to Go to Church. But What about My Free Will?” Question: Hello! When I was 14, my mother got churched rapidly and eventually she “churched” me as well. Both then and now my mom…
June 24, 2019 1066 0 What Did Saint Cyril of Alexandria Believe and How It Affects Our Faith Today? Saint Cyril of Alexandria, who was a great champion of the Orthodox faith, a prominent theologian and a bishop, is commemorated on June 9….
June 24, 2019 315 0 The Incarnation and Deification: How God Shares His Divinity with our Humanity The idea that Christ would have incarnated in the flesh, even if Adam and Eve had not fallen, was taught by a number of…