April 25, 2018 A Resurrection Icon of Christ with Additional Scenes In the tomb with the body, in hell with the soul as God, in paradise with the thief and on the throne with the…
April 25, 2018 Reclamation and Redemption at the Men’s Farmstead of St. Elisabeth Convent Although I spent two years in seminary—and thus, in church services with a lot of men—I wasn’t prepared for the demographics inside the church…
April 24, 2018 Understanding Three Central Activities of the Orthodox Church through Holy Scripture During one of our Wednesday morning Bible studies, our group tackled the famous verse John 3:16, which reads: “For God so loved the world…
April 23, 2018 A Quiet Apocalypse The sound of the world around us generally qualifies as little more than noise. Almost nothing advertises itself as unimportant or something to be…
April 20, 2018 Iconography of the Myrrh-bearing Women The Gospel episode about the appearance of an angel to the women near the Lord’s Tomb, which shows the first evidence of the Lord’s…
April 19, 2018 Metaphorical References to the Holy Eucharist from Early Liturgical Texts Speaking of the Holy Eucharist, the Fathers and early liturgical texts of the Church have recourse to the metaphor of the flaming coal (anthrax,…
April 17, 2018 Pastoral Advice on Holy Communion during the Holy and Bright Week To partake of Holy Communion and to confess in the right way means to do this with the fear of God and humility in…
April 17, 2018 The Main Reason Why We Should Be Practicing Orthodox Christians Why do I do it? Why am I a practicing Orthodox Christian. It’s not because it’s the true faith, the oldest form of Christianity,…
April 17, 2018 The Life and Death of an Ascetic of the Pskov Caves Monastery Once an ascetic of the Kiev Caves Lavra went on Pascha day to the famous caves where hundreds of monks are buried, and, from…
April 17, 2018 On the Meaning of Radonitsa “On this day, the Tuesday of St. Thomas week, according to the order instituted by our Holy Fathers, we call to remembrance, in Paschal…
April 14, 2018 How St. Luke of Crimea Helped an Unfaithful Woman That wonderful story happened to me at one of the exhibitions organized by our convent. I was offering people the products made…
April 13, 2018 A Basic Q&A About St. Thomas Sunday Fr. Seraphim Holland, rector of the St. Nicholas Church in McKinney, Texas, answers ten questions on the first Sunday after Pascha—Thomas Sunday, also known…
