February 22, 2022 How Our Prayers Can Help the Departed: Some Practical Examples Saint Theophan the Recluse once remarked, “We pray for the departed like for the living, whether or not they had been following the way…
February 22, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 44 Part 43 Back in the Mountains We went outside the gates of the monastery, crossed ourselves and bowed with gratitude in the direction of…
February 21, 2022 The Power of the Jesus Prayer Elder Ephraim Katounakiotis once told the following story, “An elder says to his novice: – Read the Jesus Prayer. – I read it, but…
February 21, 2022 “I Have the Right to Do Anything — but not Everything Is Beneficial” A Homily on the Parable of the Lost Son Verses from the Four Gospels and Apostolic letters are read at every liturgy. Do they always bring an identical message? Yes and no. But…
February 19, 2022 Treasures of Church Literature: Didache The Didache or The Lord’s Teaching through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations is one of the oldest monuments of Christian literature, dating from…
February 19, 2022 Analogion and Its Role in Worship The interior decoration of an Orthodox church is a complex system of liturgical items, serving the common purpose of bringing man closer to God….
February 17, 2022 Can Christians Use Spiritual Practices and Teachings of Other Religions? Q: Many eastern teachings allow their adherents to simultaneously follow other religious doctrines, including Christianity. Christians, on the other hand, flatly reject this possibility. …
February 16, 2022 Eucharist outside the Liturgy in the Ancient Church In the modern practice of the Church, Communion is usually performed only in church and only by the priest. In case of acute need,…
February 15, 2022 Gerontissa Gabriela, Who Embraced the World with Her Love Eldress Gabriela (in the world, Avrilia Papayannis) was born on 15 October 1897 to a Greek family in Constantinople. She was the youngest in…
February 15, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 43 Part 42 My Fine Dining and Drinking on Mount Athos Entering the refectory of St Paul’s Monastery that morning, I tried to be a…
February 14, 2022 Whom Did the Secret Angel Visit this Time? Results of the 2021-2022 Campaign Following a good tradition, our catalogue held another Secret Angel Christmas charity campaign in December last year. Anyone could take part in it by…
February 14, 2022 The Most Important Meeting in Your Life There will be many meetings in your life, and you will not always be able to pay attention to them. However, there will be…
