April 26, 2016 Every Christian Is an Icon Painter Iconoclasm has not been an issue for many centuries. Icons are no longer destroyed like they used to be in the 8th and early…
April 25, 2016 Excerpts from Sermons: “Easter Is Coming No Matter What!” Fr. Sergius: Because we are still in the beginning of our ascetic practice, and our prayer is still weak and imperfect, this «spiritual sieve»…
April 4, 2016 The Cross of Our Lord As the week of the Veneration of the Holy Cross continues, here is a sermon by Archpriest Andrew Lemeshonok on The Holy and Life…
April 1, 2016 The Holy Cross in Iconography: “In This Sign Conquer” The third installment of the talk on iconography with Father Sergious, the head of the icon-painting studio and icon painting school at St. Elisabeth…
March 29, 2016 Iconography of the Mother of God: All Creation Rejoices in Thee The second installment of the talk on iconography with Father Sergious, the head of the icon-painting studio and icon painting school at St….
March 25, 2016 Excerpts from Sermons: “God Is Talking with Us All the Time” Priest Alexander: Spiritual life begins with repentance. Absence of repentance paralyses spiritual life. We can approach God only through repentance. Sermon after the All-Night…
March 22, 2016 Forty Martyrs of Sebaste The holy, glorious and right-victorious Forty Martyrs of Sebaste are a group of Roman soldiers who became martyrs for their Christian faith in 320….
March 18, 2016 The Phenomenon of the Orthodox Icon: A Theological Perspective On the first Sunday of Great Lent the church commemorates the “Triumph of Orthodoxy” which is also known as the Week of Orthodoxy. This…
March 14, 2016 Excerpts from Sermons: “Holiness Is When God Acts Through a Sinner’ Archpriest Demetrius: New martyrs were the people who kept telling the truth in this abode of sorrows. They told the truth about Christ, about man…
February 18, 2016 A Brief History and Different The Seeker of the Lost Icons of the Mother of God Troparion: Seek us who are perishing, O Most Holy Virgin, chasten us not according to our sins, but as you are merciful in your…