October 25, 2016 Cute Animals To Cuddle: Animal-assisted Therapy at St.Elisabeth Convent Is there anyone who doesn’t know how useful equine therapy may be for the sick? Early childhood autism, oligophrenia, and cerebral palsy are hard…
October 24, 2016 Morning Prayer of the Optina Elders Grant unto me, O Lord, that with peace of mind I may face all that this new day is to bring. …
October 20, 2016 The Pskov-Caves Tenderness Icon of the Mother of God According to the story, the Tenderness icon of the Mother of God was painted in 1521 by hieromonk Arsenius Khitrosh as a copy of…
October 20, 2016 34 Signs and Symbols in Christianity The Donkey The donkey is frequently portrayed in Renaissance painting, particularly in pictures of the Sacrifice of Isaac, the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt,…
October 13, 2016 Questions that are Often Asked About The Mother Of God “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word” (St. Luke 1:38) During the Holy Divine Liturgy the…
October 11, 2016 Why Do the Saints Never Smile on Icons? There are over 400 occurrences of the word “joy” in the Bible, most of them referring to what awaits those who become close to…
October 10, 2016 13 musical instruments from the Bible Shofar “My bowels, my bowels, I writhe in pain! The chambers of my heart are throbbing! My heart moans within me! I cannot keep…
October 5, 2016 The head choir conductor of St.Elisabeth Convent to visit Canada for the Annual Church Musicians’ Conference Nun Juliania (Denisova), the renowned precentor and composer, will be a honorary guest of the Annual Church Musicians’ Conference in Montreal on October…
September 29, 2016 The Story about Saint Athanasius the Ascetic, Who Came to Life the Next Day after His Death and Lived for Another 12 Years after That There was a monk by the name of Athanasius. He was a pious monastic and passed away after a long-lasting illness. Two brothers washed…
September 29, 2016 14 Types of Ancient Christian Crosses Today every Orthodox Christian wears a cross. It is not just the sign, which demonstrates our faith and religion, but it is the symbol…
September 20, 2016 Iconographic Analysis of the Nativity of the Holy Theotokos The Great Feasts serve to tell us the story of the Incarnation, which has its climax in the center of the year with the…
