September 27, 2017 Why Does The Orthodox Church Have So Many Rituals? Do we really need church rituals, given that Jesus did not celebrate Liturgy and did not make the sign of the cross? Sergey Khudiev…
September 26, 2017 Life in a Sacramental World At the ordination of a priest, the consecrated Body of Christ is placed in his hands. He is told to “Guard this!” until the…
September 25, 2017 The Question of Long Hair in Orthodox Christianity Question: How do you reconcile the Orthodox practice of clergy and monastics not cutting their hair with 1st Corinthians 11:14, which says: “Does not…
September 25, 2017 The Story of the Icon of the Mother of God of Boyany The icon was painted in 1991 for the iconostasis of one of the local churches in honor of the Nativity of the Mother of…
September 22, 2017 Saints Joachim and Anna as an Example of Chastity in Family Life by St. John of Damascus Anna was to be the mother of the Virgin Mother of God, and hence nature did not dare to anticipate the flowering of…
September 22, 2017 Akathist to the Holy and Righteous Joachim and Anna Kontakion 1 To the holy and righteous Joachim and Anna, forbears of Christ and elect among the human race, who gave birth to the…
September 22, 2017 An Interview About the Miraculous Icon of St. Anna The Myrrh-Streaming Icon of St. Anna began to spontaneously “weep” myrrh on May 9, 2004 – Mother’s Day – in the Russian Orthodox Church…
September 22, 2017 Analyzing the Icon of the Conception of the Theotokos Icons of Ss Joachim and Anna embracing each other tenderly are decorously showing the Conception of the Theotokos, Mary – their only child. The…
September 20, 2017 Why are Unicorns Mentioned in the Psalter and Certain Antiphons? Question: In the antiphons of the feast of the Transfiguration I was struck by a reference to unicorns. What does that mean? Answer:…
September 18, 2017 Prohibited and Unprohibited Relationships Due to Holy Baptism From the opening paragraph to the section entitled “Concise and Accurate Instructions Concerning Marriages”: Since the sacred Canons, Apostolic, Conciliar, and Patristic, in speaking in…
September 14, 2017 How Do They Make Orthodox Icons for the Blind? An exhibition that takes place in the Museum of Icons is for people, no matter how they read the information – either with their…
