October 25, 2019 The Vespers Entrance In addition to the entrances of the Liturgy, there is also an entrance of Vespers in the Orthodox practice. The Little Entrance of the…
October 15, 2019 The Holy Orthodox-Catholic Church Sails on Unto Ages of Ages The Council begins. This First Ecumenical Council, the First Council of Nicaea, was not held in secret. We have five accounts of it. The…
October 11, 2019 Saint Nil Sorsky VS Saint Joseph Volotsky Lately, the Church commemorated St. Joseph Volotsky. He is one of the saints of the Russian Church, whose name is associated with the figure of…
October 8, 2019 The Story of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council Why have I titled this post “The Fathers” of the First Ecumenical Council? Because the Orthodox Church, in her personal approach to everything, titles her…
September 27, 2019 Cross ‘Crucifixion’ – The History of Occurrence One of the first images of the crucified Jesus Christ that have survived to this day dates back to the 5th century. It was…
September 25, 2019 Why Do We Not Keep the Old Testament Feasts? St. Paul was once intent upon visiting his new convert church in Corinth, and wrote them that he intended to visit them after passing…
September 20, 2019 Reception of Non-Orthodox Christians in the Practice of the Russian Church The Orthodox Church is the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. As a pillar and ground of the truth (cf. 1 Timothy 3:15), which…
September 16, 2019 Not Like Religion – the Christian Calendar The idea that Christianity is not a religion comes as a surprise to many, since Christianity shares many external features with the religions of…
September 7, 2019 Holy Tradition of the Church VS Holy Scripture of the Church A good question was posed to us by one of the readers of our blog recently: “Why are visions of some saints sufficient to…
September 3, 2019 The Bullet and the Egg: Albania at the Crossroads The Church of Christ consists of 15 Local Orthodox Churches. The Albanian Orthodox Church is one of them. What do we know about the…
September 2, 2019 Why Are the Major Cathedrals in Russia Dedicated to the Dormition? In my opinion, there are two dimensions to the interpretation of this phenomenon, namely cultural tradition and religious consciousness. With regard to cultural tradition,…
August 31, 2019 Reclaiming the Sabbath At the beginning of September, we celebrate Labor Day. From the earliest days of the Church, work has always occupied a central place in…
