June 8, 2020 The Oak of Mamre: Beginning Of The Revelation The episode at the oak of Mamre, recorded in Genesis 18, is one of the strangest and most mysterious in the scriptures. It has…
June 6, 2020 What Does the Image of a Cross with Branches Mean? At church, we can often see the image of the Cross of the Lord without the figure of the crucified Christ. The tree comes…
June 1, 2020 I Am Arius Does it really matter if Jesus is God or not? Couldn’t God have just picked a man and made him a savior or a…
May 31, 2020 An Exclusive Creed The Nicene Creed was created to exclude. This goes against the grain of our modern secular society, where the word “inclusive” has become a…
May 26, 2020 Whom and Why Did Christ Actually Drive Out of the Temple? Some people use the Gospel story about Christ expelling merchants from the Jerusalem temple to substantiate the thesis that a believer has the right…
May 15, 2020 Was the Persian Catholicos the Successor of Apostle Peter? One often hears that the doctrine of the primacy of the Apostle Peter and, as a consequence, the primacy of the See of Rome,…
May 9, 2020 Biblical Songs and Octoechos The Great Lent reminds us of the liturgical use of biblical songs, i. e., Old and New Testament hymns sung by the saints in the…
May 8, 2020 Omophorion The omophorion is an integral part of the bishop’s liturgical vestment. It is by this liturgical vestment that believers recognize holy hierarchs on icons….
May 2, 2020 Vocal Reading of Prayers It has been a longstanding challenge for the congregation to consciously participate in the divine service. A possible reason for the fact that worshipers…
May 1, 2020 Liturgical Fans You can sometimes spot through the open Royal Door of Orthodox churches two shining discs on stakes next to the High Place. They are…
April 11, 2020 The Meaning and Significance of the Anamnesis in the Orthodox Liturgy And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you:…
April 10, 2020 Defrocking: the Main Reasons for the Removal from Sacred Orders Canons deprive laymen of the Chalice for grave sins for a certain period of time. If the same sin is committed by a clergyman,…
