January 5, 2021 Is It All Right Not to Say the Prayer Rule, but to Listen to It instead? I cannot hear, Lord! How praying with the earphones is different from praying without Many years ago, when I was a student of at…
January 5, 2021 About the Recent Atheists’ “Prayer Experiment” Some atheists refer to an experiment performed in the US and funded by the Templeton Foundation with a view to determine the effectiveness of…
January 5, 2021 The Custom of the Christmas Tree For many people with a secular outlook, decorating the Christmas tree is the essence of Christmas. In Greece, this custom was imported from abroad…
January 4, 2021 Love or Forgiveness: Which Comes First? Luke 7: 36-50 Philippians 4: 10 – 23 One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him. Jesus went to the Pharisee’s…
January 4, 2021 Bell-Ringing as a Service to God Every church bell rings differently These two large bells that toll together are ‘annunciation bells’. One weighs 520 kilogrammes and the other 270 kilogrammes. These…
January 3, 2021 Sunday before the Nativity In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! Today is a special Sunday, because it precedes the feast of…
January 3, 2021 What Is the “Apocrypha”? Question: “What do the terms “apocrypha” and “deuterocanonical” mean, and how does the Orthodox Church view them?” Answer: The question of the Biblical canon…
January 2, 2021 The Meanings Behind Liturgical Objects: An Artoclasia Tray An artoclasia tray is a liturgical vessel that holds the bread, wine, oil and wheat to be blessed in a vigil service. It holds…
January 2, 2021 A Story about the Holy Elder Paisios Hiring a Drunkard Monk to Cut Wood and How Much He Paid Him (the Exact Amount in Drachmas and USD) In the 80s elder Paisios was often visited in Panagouda by monks, who were driven by weakness to deviate from their monastic course. Being…
January 1, 2021 When Did Orthodox Christians Begin to Read Morning Prayers? A Christian’s morning should always begin with prayer and thanksgiving to God for the past night. Opening the Orthodox “best-seller”, known as a prayer…
December 31, 2020 Diveyevo — the Fourth Domain of the Mother of God In our article about the Four Domains of the Most Holy Theotokos we briefly told you the stories of their appearance. What happened in…
December 31, 2020 The Mysteries of Worship before Christmas Christmas is the second most significant feast of the Church year. It is no coincidence that people sometimes call it the Winter Pascha. In…
