April 29, 2021 The Washing of the Feet: a Brief History of the Rite According to the common belief, the rite of the washing of the feet, performed on Maundy Thursday, originated in Jerusalem in the 6-7 centuries….
April 29, 2021 St Luke of Crimea. Reflections on the Washing of the Feet The Last Supper of Christ is so mysterious, so deep and so infinitely important that our hearts become filled with trembling. During this Holy…
April 28, 2021 Commemoration during the Intercessory Prayer Commemorating the dead is one of the most important elements of Orthodox worship. During litias, prayer and memorial services we ask God to show…
April 28, 2021 A Satanist at Church — a True Story with an Unexpected End I know this story from my friend Father Oleg. He is an archpriest and parson of a church in Omsk, Russia He had hired…
April 27, 2021 Memorial Church of Saint Job in Brussels — a Candle for the Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia Listen to the article This Orthodox Church that stands in one of Brussels main streets was in commemoration of the royal martyr Nicholas II,…
April 27, 2021 Self-Pity: a Devil’s Trick Preventing a Person from Showing His Full Potential Nothing destroys a person like self-pity. We have all experienced this feeling in one way or another. It instigates depression, inhibits development, makes a…
April 26, 2021 “He Made a Man Out of Me “ From the Memories of Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain: “There once was a brother in our monastery; a carpenter by trade, whose name…
April 26, 2021 Monastic Tonsure: Second Baptism, or the Marriage of the Soul to Christ Speaking of the holy sacraments, I want to say something about the sacrament of tonsure. Is monastic tonsure a sacrament? Of course it’s a…
April 25, 2021 Palm Sunday: Where are You in the Crowd? Come away with me; let us leave our world and travel back together to the first Palm Sunday in the first century. Stepping out…
April 24, 2021 It is Not the Palm or Willow Branches That Are Consecrated, but the Christian holding Them “Many people celebrate holidays and know these holidays’ names. Often they do it without knowing the reasons why they are established” (St John Chrysostom)….
April 23, 2021 Standing for Hours at the Lenten Services Exhausts Me So Much that I Can no Longer Think Straight. Is Anything Wrong with Me? Different degrees of the described state are familiar to everyone. Moreover, well-known and authoritative clergymen did not hesitate to describe similar experiences in their…
April 23, 2021 Some Facts about the Liturgical and Church Life of Coptic Christians A primer on the liturgical and church life of Coptic Christians, prepared for the visit of a group of monastics of the Ukrainian Orthodox…
