March 9, 2022 A Few Historical Controversies Regarding Liturgy of St Basil the Great The Liturgy of St Basil the Great, currently served only 10 times a year, was once the most common. In the middle of the…
March 9, 2022 Weighing the Benefits and Risks of Praying at Night At the beginning of the Great Lent, the Christian faithful contemplate their ascetic effort in the body and spirit. Many take their cues from…
March 9, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 46 Part 45 Mountain-high Experience The variety at the Dionysiou monastery icon shop is quite limited, so we went on without stopping there. To leave…
March 8, 2022 Exiles at the Gates of Paradise. Purpose and Meaning of Lent Today I would like to talk about the purpose of the Great Lent. Spiritual exercises like fasting, prayer, reading the holy fathers, Confession and…
March 6, 2022 Patriarch Tikhon’s Forgiveness The whole state machinery was up in arms against him while he continued to save the Church against all odds. The Bolsheviks him behind…
March 6, 2022 Matrona the Barefoot. Blessed Matrona of St Petersburg? Hundreds of pilgrims come every day to venerate the relics of the blessed Matrona of Moscow resting in the Intercession Monastery of Moscow. However,…
March 5, 2022 Illumination in Church Often we take little notice of the multiple sources of light used in worship. However, they have great liturgical and symbolic significance. Apart from…
March 4, 2022 Jesus Prophesied the End of the World and Repeated His Prophecy Multiple Times. Why Has Not It Materialised? What Did He Mean? Question: Jesus promised the end of the world during the lifetime of His contemporaries. He repeated his prediction several times. Why has not it…
March 3, 2022 7 Little-known Iconographic Elements and Symbols Even the most inconspicuous or habitual objects on Orthodox icons have a spiritual meaning. Even the smallest details, like folds of clothes, can bear…
March 2, 2022 He Preserved the Free Spirit despite the Inhuman Conditions of the Prison Camps Late Soviet elders take a special place in the history of the Russian Church. These spirit-bearing people have suffered their full share of political…
March 2, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 45 Part 44 Dionysiou Monastery The halt ended, and we continued to water the Athos trails with our sweat, resounding our prayers into the surroundings….
March 1, 2022 What to Do in Difficult Times? Elders’ Advice Quotes from famous spiritual fathers on what to do in situations that cause anxiety, confusion and fear of the future. Archimandrite John (Krestiankin) (1910-2006)…
