March 26, 2021 Through Christ our Lord Scripture contains the following words of Christ: “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified…
March 26, 2021 Singing the Psalms in Lent: A Little Handbook of Twenty Sections 1. I wrote this “little handbook” to assist anyone who would like to pray through the Psalms this Lent (and maybe afterward). Outside of…
March 26, 2021 “Reading” the Murals in the Temple Dmitry Trofimov, head of the Tsargrad creative workshops: Mural painting has its canon just as there is a canon for writing icons. This canon,…
March 25, 2021 The Image of the Mother of God “Graced of Heaven”. History and Miracles The image of the Mother of God “Graced of Heaven” belongs to the so-called akathist type and is quite rare and unusual. The iconography…
March 24, 2021 What Is Genuine Repentance? Insights from Priest Andrey Tkachev Father Andrey, let me describe a situation experienced by nearly every faithful who confesses regularly and frequently. The penitent recognises a sin and confesses…
March 24, 2021 Who Is the Author of the Presanctified Liturgy? With the beginning of Great Lent, the church calendar is enriched by one of the most remarkable works of the Byzantine liturgical art –…
March 23, 2021 Last Great Lent of the Russian Royal Family, as Reflected in the Diary of Nicholas II Tsar Nicholas II formally abdicated from the throne on 3 March 1917 and six months later he was exiled to Tobolsk, Russia, together with…
March 23, 2021 “A Life-sentenced Prisoner Told Patriarch Kirill that He Had a Small Request for Him” An Extraordinary Occurrence in Butyrka Prison 250 years ago, Empress Catherine the Great issued a decree on the construction of the Butyrskaya Prison Fortress in the North of Moscow. Today…
March 22, 2021 An Icon Means Testimony This Sunday is called “The Triumph of Orthodoxy.” On this day the last major heresy was condemned by the Seventh Ecumenical Council. By that…
March 22, 2021 The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste Anyone wandering about near a freezing cold pond one night near the city of Sebaste in the year 320 would have seen an astounding…
March 21, 2021 Jvari Monastery in Georgia Jvari (translated as “Cross”) is a monastery of the Georgian Orthodox Church, located 21 km from the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi. It is located…
March 21, 2021 The Unity of the Faith We are gathered here together on the first Sunday of Great Lent to celebrate the Triumph of Orthodoxy. This feast was originally established to…
