January 22, 2019 The Explanation of the Theophany Icon Theophany Season Theophany, sometimes called Epiphany, is upon us (Богоявление in Russian, Θεοφάνεια in Greek). The sixth of January is the official date…
January 22, 2019 Code of Honor for a Priest. What’s the Danger of Trying to Mingle with the World? Make a Vow As soon as they are consecrated, new priests acquire a new life. Similar to the Sacrament of Baptism, which restores…
January 22, 2019 Coming to Terms with an Unplanned Pregnancy Question: Father Andrew, your blessing. I’ve been pregnant for 20 weeks already. I didn’t plan to have a baby and I wasn’t prepared for…
January 21, 2019 How Can We Glorify God with One Mouth and One Heart? The fathers of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, which took place in Moscow in 1917-1918, asserted that the task of “singing…
January 21, 2019 Parable: What the Price of a Dream Is There was a little store on the outskirts of the Universe. It didn’t have a sign because it had been blown away by a…
January 21, 2019 Four Main Reasons of the Lord’s Baptism And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Matthew 3:17) Jesus Christ begins…
January 18, 2019 Christians and Muslims: Do They Worship the Same God? In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, Franklin Graham (son of the famous evangelist Billy Graham) opined on NBC Nightly News that Muslims pray…
January 18, 2019 Why Should We Consecrate Houses? In my Orthodox parish we will be celebrating Holy Theophany (The Baptism of our Lord) on January 6th. The celebration of this Feast of…
January 18, 2019 May a Service Be Held Outside of a Church? What Does One Need for That? Church traditions require that a Divine Liturgy must be celebrated in a church on a designated and consecrated Holy Table or at least on…
January 17, 2019 All You Need to Know about Holy Water Every Orthodox Christian should have some holy Theophany water at home. Traditionally, the Orthodox drink the holy water consecrated on Theophany Day on an…
January 17, 2019 Theophany Eve: Is It Possible Not to Eat Anything All Day? The tradition to abstain from food for a day or more has existed since Old Testament times. All Jews were required to fast before…
January 16, 2019 Childhood Years of Jesus Christ And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. (Luke 2:40) We know almost…
