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…
February 20, 2018 Practical Tips on the Presanctified Liturgy As this Divine Liturgy (really Vespers with the communing of the faithful) is served only on weekdays during Great Lent, prostrations are done by…
February 16, 2018 Forgivenes Sunday as Our Guide into Great Lent I miss Ash Wednesday, the Western liturgical churches’ entry into Lent. The ashes on the forehead in the shape of the Cross, the important…
February 16, 2018 Iconographic Analysis of the Last Judgment And He is coming again with glory to judge the living and the dead; His kingdom will have no end. I look for the…
February 15, 2018 A List of Last Minute Rules and Suggestions in Preparation for Great Lent To avoid turning Lent into hard and senseless weeks of diet, one should keep several simple rules. The aim of a fast is to…
February 15, 2018 6 Ways on How to Celebrate the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord 1. Attend Divine Liturgy and Learn the Troparion As always, the best way to enter fully into the joy of the feast is…
