August 30, 2019 The Little Entrance: Beginning of Christ’s Public Ministry or Entrance of the Church into the Kingdom? The Orthodox Liturgy is highly dynamic and agile. We see periodic movements of priests and clergymen throughout the service, particularly during the so-called Little…
August 23, 2019 Why Hold Processions? The tradition of religious processions has a very ancient history. It begins, in a sense, as early as the Old Testament times. In essence,…
August 18, 2019 The Narthex as a Dynamic Place of Transformation The icon of the Fest of Transfiguration‚ which we celebrate on August 6th‚ is a beautiful metaphor for the union and the reconciliation that Christ brings…
August 13, 2019 The Eucharist – the Seal of Christian Marriage We know from the Church history that there hadn’t existed any special ritual of Matrimony until the 9th century. The Sacrament of Matrimony was…
August 2, 2019 Tonsure vs Long Hair Most priests of the Russian Orthodox Church wear long hair. A bearded man with long hair – a classic and already familiar image of…
July 31, 2019 Language of the Orthodox Church: Church Vestments Many churches astonish us with beauty and luxury of their interior decoration. And sometimes the incoming person has a question: what is it all…
July 28, 2019 The Prototypes of Cross Procession in the Old Testament Today, perhaps, every believer is familiar with Cross processions. We perform solemn processions within our capacity praising and glorifying God. Even in those Cross…
July 26, 2019 Is Aaron’s Blessing Preserved in the Church? When the Lord commanded Moses to build the Tabernacle of the Covenant and put Aaron as high priest over Israel, the Lord ordered Aaron…
July 25, 2019 The Consecration of The Lord’s Table as The Consecration of Our Lives The core, the sacramental heart and center of any Orthodox church is the altar, the Holy Supper, on which the greatest Sacrament on earth…
July 24, 2019 Patriarch Kirill: “The Church Protection Against Attacks Is the Task of Every Believer!” We are all responsible for the walls that shield us from the forces of evil and through protection of which we obtain salvation. “When…
July 13, 2019 About the Initial Purpose of Stasidia Compunction and tears are engendered by the outwards postures of the body; that is, when one prays with head uncovered; when he has the…
July 12, 2019 What Is the Real Name of God? Often we can see two or three people on the streets of our cities standing near the black box with flyers. We all have…
