April 16, 2021 The Holy Doors The altar barrier called the iconostasis separates the temple from its Holy of Holies, where the credence table and the bishop’s throne are located….
April 16, 2021 How Much Black Should Be Worn during Church Worship? How might Newton have influenced the liturgical tradition of the Church? The answer is not the apple. It was not the fall of the…
April 15, 2021 “What If an Unconfessed Sin Comes to Mind when I Come to the Chalice after Confession?” The long-term practice of obligatory confession established in our church, besides the obvious advantages, has led many people to view confession not as an…
April 15, 2021 Three Stories from Saint Paisios of Mount Athos Haircuts A young man came to Elder Paisios of the Holy Mount. He was wearing his hair in a long ponytail. The elder asked…
April 15, 2021 Liturgical Differences between the Greek and Russian Churches Part Two Our previous article described the liturgical differences existing between the churches of the Greek and Russian traditions. After mentioning some subtleties of the first…
April 14, 2021 Practical Advice on Growing in Faith Faith is the strongest when it comes from personal experience. Faith is weak if it is based only on some miracles out there. Living…
April 13, 2021 Omens, Signs and Dark Periods in Our Lives — Is There a Connection? Listen to this article Throughout human history, people have been looking to omens and indications from God and asking for them. Why? When we…
April 13, 2021 Sinai Tea and Other Recipes from St Paisios of the Holy Mountain and His Favourite “Restaurant” on Mount Athos In 1962 St Paisios came to Sinai. There he lived in the cell of Sts Galaktion and Episteme and observed an ascetic rule that…
April 12, 2021 Steps of the Ladder. Repentance There is not a man on earth who never sins. (see Eccl. 7:20). After the Fall of our ancestors, human nature became prone to…
April 12, 2021 An Icon has Started to Exude Myrrh in the Seletsky Monastery The image has been painted by one of the monastics. An icon of the Most Holy Theotokos recently began exuding myrrh in the Seletsky…
April 11, 2021 Climacus and His Ladder “Oh, if only I could / At least to some degree, / Write eight lines I would / About passion’s properties. / About the…
April 10, 2021 Meaning and Importance of the Evening Prayers The conviction that prayer should be exclusively a matter of desire holds a specific place among other misconceptions existing in church today. I have…
