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…
February 13, 2022 Comfort of the Unrighteous Everyone knows the parable of the publican and the Pharisee. For us, modern readers, the publican is a “good guy”, while the Pharisee is…
February 13, 2022 What Is Secret Monasticism? The Soviet persecution against the Russian Church in the 20th century was like a return to early Christianity. Churches and monasteries were closed, faith…
February 11, 2022 Psalter: Why Read It at Home and How to Read it Right? The Psalter is the only Old Testament book, fully included in the rubrics of the Orthodox Church. It is older than the Lord’s prayer…
February 10, 2022 Elder Vitaly: Episodes from His Life and Fragments from His Teachings Last week, we shared with you the life of Schema-Archimandrite Vitaly. As a follow-up to that publication, here are some episodes from his life…
February 9, 2022 History of the Altar Barrier and Iconostasis Altar barriers have been known since the very first centuries of Christianity. However, the Russian iconostasis did not acquire its present form (a high…
February 8, 2022 The Women Who Trespassed on Mount Athos The Holy Mountain, the domain of the Holy Theotokos, has had a strict rule against the admission of women for many centuries. At one…
February 8, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 42 Part 41 Evening at St Paul’s Monastery Just outside the monastery’s gates, there was a spacious gazebo, surrounded by winding paved pathways, looking like…
