June 10, 2016 Quick Facts: What Are Icons from Semiprecious Stones? One of the workshops of St. ElisabethConvent that is often overlooked is the one that makes crushed/semiprecious stone icons and landscapes. This is because…
June 8, 2016 Origins of Orthodox Vestments: Ancillary Vestment Pieces Having surveyed the origins of the most significant pieces of Orthodox liturgical vesture, it now remains to consider a few auxiliary garments. Zone (Belt)…
June 1, 2016 We Should Be in Tune with Life We have been to another century, another dimension today. The Liturgy is boundless… We cannot limit it to human things, be they a chord…
May 27, 2016 Peace Be with You! When the Lord comes to a person, He brings her His peace: Peace to all! Peace to you! When the Lord enters that person’s heart,…
May 25, 2016 Our Feelings “Dear Father Andrew, dear brothers and sisters! I would like you to explain to me the relation between the mind and the heart, between…
May 20, 2016 8 Miracles of the Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovichi “Those who pray before your holy icon, O Lady, Are vouchsafed healing and receive the knowledge of the true faith” Everyday we ask the…
May 19, 2016 How we miss out on the most important thing – The Liturgy! What I would like us to talk about during this meeting is, perhaps, the same topic that we used to speak about last time….
May 18, 2016 The feast of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Inexhaustible Chalice “Today the faithful come to the divine and miraculous image of Theotokos, which quenches the thirst of the hearts of the faithful through the…
May 18, 2016 Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos of the Inexhaustible Chalice Kontakion 1 A wonderful and marvellous healing has been given to us by your holy icon, O sovereign Lady Theotokos. By its appearance we…
May 17, 2016 Origins of Orthodox Vestments: Orarion, Epitrachelion, Omophorion From “The History of Vestments” It is with the omophorion that we come to one of the most debated topics in the study of…
May 17, 2016 Personal Stories: A Life Changing Encounter with Orthodoxy Apparently, many people, especially Orthodox Christians, have a lot to tell about how they got to know the Orthodox faith. Some people encountered Orthodoxy…
