April 13, 2018 Complete List of Prohibited Marriages in the Orthodox Church The following relationships are among those prohibited by the canonical tradition of the Orthodox Church from entering into marriage: Blood Relationships a. Ascending Relatives:…
April 12, 2018 5 Questions You May Have About Artos On the Bright Saturday, the believers have an opportunity to get Artos in churches. What is the origin of the tradition of taking Artos…
April 12, 2018 How Christ Appeared to St. Paisios the Hagiorite in His Cell While praying to Christ, I felt a certain difficulty. The Mother of God – She was just like my own Mother to me. The…
April 11, 2018 Why Annunciation on Great Saturday Was Such a Special Day? This year, the feast of Annunciation fell on the Great Saturday. Last time such a beautiful coincidence happened in 2007. What are the liturgical…
April 11, 2018 Understanding Orthodox Icons: Descent into Hades Some key features: — Christ’s cape/robe is flowing upward, this symbolizes his radical descent into Hades to save those who have died in…
April 11, 2018 “There Is no Death!”: a Short Paschal Sermon There is no death! You see?! And we need to live with this because life on the brink of a grave turns into hell….
April 10, 2018 Orthodox Christian Tradition: Paradise and Hell Christ revealed to us that He will come at His Second Coming to judge the living and the dead. There is a well-known passage…
April 10, 2018 3 Answers from Father Andrew: Why Did Jesus Have to Die in Order to Save Man? Archpriest Andrew Lemeshonok, the spiritual father of St. Elisabeth Convent, answers various questions of the parishioners. Why did Jesus have to die in…
April 4, 2018 Seven Parables and Stories for the Week: Issue 27 Poison of Rage A gloomy neighbor visited an elder. – I suffer from insomnia, – he complained. – That’s because the small birds…
April 3, 2018 Christ, Church, Husband, and Wife “For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the Church; and He is the Savior of the…
April 3, 2018 Easter, Pascha or Both? Many Orthodox Christians insist “Pascha” or any derivitive of the word Passover is the only correct name for the celebration of the Resurrection of…
