February 26, 2018 What Does the Orthodox Church Say about Tattoos? There is no canon, at least to my knowledge that teaches Christians should not get a tattoo. However, we do find the following in…
February 26, 2018 From Anglican Priesthood to Orthodox Christian Priesthood After 15 years as an Anglican priest, including six years as the rector of Trinity Church in Rock Island, the Rev. Thomas Janikowski is…
February 26, 2018 Reasons Why Orthodox Christians Repeat the Same Prayers Many Times Our life is full of repetition. It makes us who we are. For example, we are alive because we repeat the basic function of…
February 26, 2018 Words of Guidance for the Second Week of Great Lent During this week the holy Church continues to exhort us to fasting, prayer, penance, charity and other efforts of virtue, opening also to the…
February 23, 2018 Triumph of Orthodoxy: an Icon Celebrating the Veneration of Icons An icon celebrating the veneration of icons, the Triumph of Orthodoxy is the festal icon for the first Sunday of Great Lent. As Lent is a…
February 23, 2018 How should Orthodox Christians approach entertainment? Guiding Principles The Christian life is a life of the pursuit of holiness, “without which no man shall see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14)….
February 23, 2018 The Miracle of Saint Theodore and the Boiled Wheat Today we remember the miracle of Saint Theodore and the boiled wheat. Fifty years after the death of Saint Theodore, the emperor Julian…
February 22, 2018 A Letter of Venerable Anatoliy of Optina to a Newly Tonsured Nun March 13, 1876 Greetings, sister in Christ, dear Mother T.! I congratulate you on accepting the holy and angelic image. Do you…
February 22, 2018 “Broke the Fast!”: How Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Violated the Rules Sometimes it happens like this: a person tries to keep the fast, but then he falls and feels that he has defiled his whole…
February 22, 2018 The Comparison between Great Lent and Christ’s Fast The didactic imitation of the fast of Christ during the time preceding the days in which the sufferings, the death and the glorious resurrection…
February 21, 2018 Seven Parables and Stories for the Week: Issue 22 An Eagle and a Rooster An eagle was soaring in the sky and enjoying the beauty of the world. The eagle was thinking, “I…
February 20, 2018 The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts as One of the Greatest Masterpieces of Orthodox Piety and Liturgical Creativity The joyousness which accompanies the performance of the Divine Liturgies of St. Basil the Great and St. John Chrysostom was regarded by the early…
