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…
February 15, 2018 Personal Stories of the Clergy of St. Elisabeth Convent: Father Eugene Pavelchuk Fr. Eugene Pavelchuk: There is no Christianity without carrying one’s cross, i.e., without accepting God’s will and cutting off one’s own: Whosoever will come…
February 15, 2018 Your Guide to Prostrations during Great Lent During Lent we make more prostrations. That’s a process that begins by making the sign of the Cross, then bowing down, resting your knees…
February 14, 2018 6 Thoughts for Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day: “A Pink Holiday” Red hearts, pink ribbons, candy packaged in purple, “angels” suspended in fluffy and blue clouds, among other sweet things…
February 14, 2018 Ancient Christian Origins of Saint Valentine’s Day Now a commercialized holiday celebrating modern Western courtship and romance, the ancient Christian origins of Saint Valentine’s Day are largely forgotten. The actual…
February 14, 2018 The Advice of an Elder on Overcoming Depression “Nowadays people often feel sadness, despair, lethargy, laziness, apathy, and all things satanic. They are downcast, discontent and melancholy. They disregard their families, spend…
February 14, 2018 A Look at Monastic Ranks in the Orthodox Church Although the Orthodox Church does not have religious orders as the Latin (Roman Catholic) church does, there are different styles of monastic life in…
February 14, 2018 3 Answers from Father Andrew: How Do I Deal with Hypocrites? Archpriest Andrew Lemeshonok, the spiritual father of St. Elisabeth Convent, answers various questions of the parishioners. Question: Is it viable to struggle with…
