July 25, 2017 How the “The Three Hands” Icon Came to Be The story of the cut off hand The base of Icon of the Mother of God of “The Three Hands” is a traditional image…
July 25, 2017 Key Facts and Ideas about Repentance The Illness and the Cure Christianity without repentance is hypocritical, a mockery, even dangerous. It claims what is not rightfully ours, forgiveness without…
July 24, 2017 Why Are the Faces of Clergy and Monastics Covered after Their Death? Why do we cover the faces of clerics after their death – several similar questions were addressed to the editor after the death of…
July 21, 2017 Ministry of St.Elisabeth Convent: Children with special needs make icons of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco Children from the boarding school for children with special needs and the convent’s studio “Anyolak” prepared an exhibition of drawings “A gift to St….
July 21, 2017 8 Miracles of the Kazan Icon of The Mother Of God About the Icon The Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God in the City of Kazan: On 1 October 1552,…
July 20, 2017 How Not to Become an Accidental Iconoclast If we are careless or unaware of an image’s sanctity, then the image does not suddenly become unholy or “just a picture”: instead we…
July 20, 2017 Royal Inadequacies of the Royal Priesthood “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!”–Psalm 133:1 While there are many wonderful and holy pastors who labor in…
July 14, 2017 An Orthodox Christian Perspective on Cosmetic Surgery Question: What the Church have to say about cosmetic surgery? I’m thinking of reconstructing my nose, but do not wish to violate my faith….
July 12, 2017 Earliest Icons of Apostles Peter and Paul Here are a few photos of the earliest surviving Icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul. They’re from St. Tecla’s catacomb in Rome, and…
July 11, 2017 Akathist Hymn to Apostle Peter and Apostle Paul Kontakion 1 Our Lord said of Himself: I am the Good Shepherd. To you the Chief Apostle Peter, He said: If you love Me,…
July 11, 2017 Why Do We Use Censer in Our Church? Once when one of my nri marthomite cousins came to our church for my grandfather’s remembrance service, i was shocked to find her coughin…
July 10, 2017 Expressing Time in Orthodox Iconography To be able to understand icons it is necessary to know how people of the Middle Ages perceived and understood the concept of time….
