November 25, 2018 What Is the Port Arthur Icon of the Mother of God? Port Arthur icon of the Mother of God, alternatively known as The Triumph of Theotokos, is the only known image of the Most Pure…
November 23, 2018 Church Reading: What Makes This Ministry so Important? Sometimes people say, “I am just a reader,” as though this were a petty or insignificant ministry. However, when the reader (whether tonsured or…
November 23, 2018 Let’s Make a Shadow Play This Christmas! As soon as the Nativity Fast begins, the anticipation of Christmas is literally spread in the air! This becomes especially evident in church: subdued…
November 22, 2018 Feast Day Miracle: Icon of St. Nektarios Streams Myrrh on His Feast Day A miracle occurred at the seminary in Nairobi recently, reports His Eminence Archbishop Makarios (Tillyrides) of Nairobi and All Kenya. On November 9,…
November 22, 2018 7 Types of Orthodox Clergy and Monastic Headwear Keep exploring mitres in the catalog >> The miter is a kind of headgear, which resembles a royal crown, and is part…
November 21, 2018 What Can We Learn from Angels in Our Life? Have you ever thought about the angels? Most of us, I’d suspect, usually don’t, unless we find ourselves in a difficult situation, and then…
November 21, 2018 How to Be Canonized? There is a joke that says, “To become a saint, you’ve got to die first.” In fact, that joke is one hundred percent true….
November 20, 2018 Patriarch Tikhon as One of the Greatest Universal Saints In 2015, the Russian Church celebrated two important anniversaries of Holy Patriarch Tikhon: February 1—150 years since his birth, and on April 7—ninety years…
November 20, 2018 “Should We Hail Mary?”: Looking for the Answer in the Holy Scripture Did you know that, according to Scripture: Mary is crowned with glory and honor to rule over the works of the Lord’s hands, and God…
November 20, 2018 The Dog’s Chance: How Nuns Save the Lost at the Men’s Rehabilitation Center More than two hundred homeless or alcohol-addicted men gather on a farm 19 miles from Minsk during the winter, where they are supervised by…
November 19, 2018 Mary or Martha: How to find the Balance between Our Work and Prayer The older I get, the more I struggle with the inner dialogue of “I have to do something about ____” and “but I’m just…
November 19, 2018 How Ancient Hebrew Alphabet Points at Jesus Christ The Lord once said, Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me (John…
