May 12, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 54 Part 53 A Sobering Conversation over Coffee At last, a ferry appeared in our view. It was coming to take us across time. We…
May 11, 2022 Three Nuns, Three War Heroes The end of World War II on 9 May remains a big holiday in this part of the world. It reminds us how much…
May 10, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 53 Part 52 Farewell to the Gregoriou Monastery We went to the arkhondarik to get ready for the journey. None of us was happy to…
May 5, 2022 Liturgical Vestments of the Clergy The Orthodox Church uses the term Liturgical vestments in reference to garments worn by the Orthodox clergymen and ministers exclusively while performing religious rites….
May 4, 2022 Why Did Herod Have Jesus Clothed in the Attire of a Roman Civil Servant? Some fragments of the Gospel cannot be fully understood without an explanation. The end of the narration about Tetrarch Herod’s trial of Christ is one…
May 2, 2022 Father Kirill, a Beloved 21st-century Elder and Confessor of 3 Russian Patriarchs As a front-line soldier in World War II, he discovered the Gospel and found Christ. He put Christ and His word at the center…
April 28, 2022 Christ is Risen! God’s Miracles on the Great and Holy Pascha Dear brothers and sisters, our beloved readers and givers! From our hearts, we bring you our warmest greetings to you on the Bright and…
April 27, 2022 Holy Friday beyond the Gospel The gospel narrative of the events of the Holy Friday focuses on the Crucifixion and death of the Savior on the Cross. It mentions…
April 27, 2022 Who Destroyed the Jerusalem Temple? One of the charges levelled against Christ at the Court of the Sanhedrin concerned the Jerusalem Temple. Several witnesses there alleged that Christ was…
April 27, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 52 Part 51 Our Father I woke up. It was dark in our room. The closeness of the sea with its measured noise created an…
April 16, 2022 Copying Errors: How the Ancient Scribes Changed the Text of the Bible In Europe, it took until 1445 for Johann Gutenberg to invent his printing press. Before that, all the books had to be copied by…
April 14, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 51 Part 50 A Bedtime Story about Xeropotamou Monastery Returning to our room, the first thing I did was take out a map of Athos….
