May 20, 2021 11 Quotes on Love by St Ignatius (Brianchaninov) Do not seek or expect love from anyone. With all your might, seek and demand from yourself love and compassion for people. Love…
May 20, 2021 Exploring Worship: Great Doxology — A Sunrise Hymn to God Our today’s article is dedicated to a wonderful liturgical song called Great Doxology, which is typically sung in the evening, at the very end…
May 19, 2021 Thoughts on White Magic John 6: 27-33 After the stoning of Stephen, “there arose … a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered…
May 18, 2021 Why Do Children Kill Children? Today we see more and more school psychologists and various psychological practices for children and adolescents appear both in our country and abroad. However,…
May 18, 2021 Jacob’s Ziggurat Genesis 28:10-17 describes a vision which Jacob had in a dream at the place that became known as Bethel (v. 19). Throughout the patriarchal…
May 18, 2021 Why Is Christ Shown Holding a Banner in the Icons of His Resurrection and Descent into Hades? Listen to the article In many Orthodox depictions of the Resurrection of our Lord, Christ is shown holding a banner. This way of showing…
May 17, 2021 Memories of St Paisios of the Holy Mountain A Missionary Nightingale St Paisios once shared: “One guy told me that he did not believe in God’s existence. I told him to come…
May 17, 2021 Aquila and Priscilla You will have to forgive me because what I am about to tell you, I learned this many years ago while I attended college….
May 16, 2021 Why Does the Priest Use a Trikirion during Paschal Liturgy? The question refers mainly to the Archbishop’s service. Among the objects used by the celebrant bishop during the service are candlesticks of a particular…
May 16, 2021 On Women Who Became Greater Than Men The third Sunday after Pascha is dedicated not to the apostles or any famous saints glorified for their great acts and podvigs, but to the…
May 15, 2021 When did the Exodus happen? Considering the uncertainties. Part 2 In the preceding part, we estimated the date of the Exodus from biblical sources and considered the archaeological evidence that could corroborate such assessment…
May 14, 2021 Estimating the date of the Exodus The Orthodox Church celebrates the Jewish Pascha as the antecedent of the Pascha of Christ. Because the Jewish Pascha preceded the Exodus of the…
