August 15, 2017 A Few Notes Concerning Color in Orthodox Iconography Vincent van Gogh said of the Mediterranean: “[It] has the colour of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green…
August 15, 2017 Why Are Orthodox Christian Priests Allowed to be Married? Apparently there is some confusion between the requirements for priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church, and the requirements in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In…
August 14, 2017 History of the Dormition Fast The Dormition fast was established as preceding the great feasts of the Transfiguration of the Lord and of the Dormition of the Mother…
August 12, 2017 Why do Orthodox Christians kiss the hand of a bishop or priest? A few of our new inquirers have asked about the practice of kissing the priest’s hand. For people outside of the Orthodox Tradition (and…
August 10, 2017 A List of Orthodox Christians in Various Countries By Population The number of Orthodox Christians in the world, according to different accounts is somewhere between 125 and 180 million. It is often difficult to…
August 10, 2017 How to Keep the Church Typicon According to St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco The divine services and rites of the Orthodox Church, having as their foundation one typicon and preserving commonality in all that is substantially…
August 9, 2017 Modern Day Miracles: The Testimony of a Physician Concerning a Miracle of St. Panteleimon Below you will read another glaring example of our living faith and the strong presence of the saints in our lives. The cardiologist Dr….
August 9, 2017 An Iconographic Analysis of Scenes from Saint Panteleimon’s Life Born Pantoleon (Gr. “in all-things like a lion”), this pagan took the name Panteleimon (Gr. “All-Merciful”) upon being baptized. He belongs to a…
August 9, 2017 Akathist to the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon Kontakion 1 Chosen passion-bearer of Christ and gracious healer,who freely grantest healing to the sick, we praise thee in songs as ourprotector.As thou hast…
August 3, 2017 St. Theophan’s Possible Assumptions Concerning Life on Other Planets From the Unpublished Collection of Letters by St. Theophan the Recluse: With great pleasure, I am ready to tell you a word or two…
August 2, 2017 The Examples of Prophet Elijah for Us to Follow “Elijah suffered because he alone was faithful to the true God of Israel. Like Job, he showed patient endurance.” The four stained glass windows…
July 31, 2017 Suggestions of Athonite Elders Concerning Children’s Confession Hieromonk Pavel is an archondar of Dionysiou Monastery. For many years, he gives guidance to hundreds of laypeople who come from Greece, Cyprus and…
