September 14, 2021 Why Do Not Churches Use Modern Spoken Languages in Their Worship? We have received the following question from one of our readers: Why does not the Church implement the currently spoken languages that are easier…
September 13, 2021 Metropolitan Anthony Pakanich: The Passion that We Conceal the Most Envy can wield much power over us, but often do we all have the courage to recognise its danger in full honesty? Envy is…
September 13, 2021 Calendars Old and New One piece of recent Orthodox history and continued current controversy that often strikes those first learning about the church as odd is the controversy…
September 12, 2021 Who Are the Nicolaitans, and How Did They Make Themselves Hateful to God? In the Book of Revelation, the Lord addresses the Church in Pergamum, “Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among…
September 12, 2021 How God’s Love Delivered a Priest and His Flock from the Abyss of Heavy Drinking A parable from Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh In Russia, 11 September is marked as the day of sobriety. Its celebration resumed in 2014, 100…
September 10, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 16 Part 15 Skete of Prophet Elijah Tapping away with our walking sticks on the rocky path we, a band of pilgrims on Mount Athos,…
September 10, 2021 The Beheading of John the Baptist Mark 6:14–30 Acts 13:25–31 Today, the Church commemorates in prayer the end of the glorious life journey of John the Baptist. His death was…
September 9, 2021 Oldest Christian Сhurch and Controversial Fresco We imagine the church as a free-standing building with domes, a forechurch, an altar and multiple icons. But have the Christian churches always looked…
September 9, 2021 Some Soul-Stirring Thoughts of Elder Savva of Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery In his lifetime, Elder Savva (1898 – 1980), Schema-Hegumen of Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery, was a model of dedicated service to God and the people. We…
September 8, 2021 Psalm 104 and the Hymn to the Aten: Drawing Parallels Readers of the scriptures should be aware that although the books of the bible are the joint work of man and God, none of…
September 8, 2021 The Act of Veneration No spiritual activity permeates Orthodoxy as much as veneration. For the non-Orthodox, veneration is often mistaken for worship. We kiss icons; sing hymns to…
September 7, 2021 How the Icon of the Mother of God of Minsk Appeared on the Heraldic Symbol of the Belarusian Capital History of the icon According to the Church tradition, this icon is the work of history’s first icon painter, Apostle Luke the Evangelist. The…
