March 11, 2019 121 0 Great Lent: the Time to Put Your Life’s Worries aside Just yesterday we Orthodox were called by Christ to forgive one another as part of Forgiveness Sunday and our preparation for entering into Great Lent . Lent is…
March 10, 2019 107 0 8 Important Things to Remember in Anticipation of Great Lent The Great Lent is near. It is time for every Christian to pause and think what he or she should give up for the…
March 10, 2019 29 0 The Day Before Great Lent The last preparatory week before the Great Lent is over. It has an alternative name — Meatfare Week — due to the fact that…
April 11, 2018 56 0 Why Annunciation on Great Saturday Was Such a Special Day? This year, the feast of Annunciation fell on the Great Saturday. Last time such a beautiful coincidence happened in 2007. What are the liturgical…
April 3, 2018 53 0 Waiting for a Lenten Miracle that Will Inevitably Happen to You That story happened during Great Lent. It was connected with the event, after which not only my life changed, but even my own name…
March 19, 2018 48 0 About the Most Terrible Inabstinence of Great Lent If we understand Great Lent as the abstinence from lack of love, and not just from butter, then it will be a bright fast…
March 16, 2018 28 0 Great Lent Through the Eyes of the Old Testament Great Lent, my beloved brethren, begins today and will be completed in forty days on the Friday of Lazarus. As our Church introduces us…
March 12, 2018 1066 1 Why Do We Fast for 40 Days during Great Lent? What is the reason for the fact that during Great Lent we have to keep a fast for 40 days? The thing is, the…
March 12, 2018 41 0 Reasons the Cross is Glorified During Great Lent In the services for this Sunday the Holy Church glorifies the Holy Cross and the fruits of the death of the Savior on the…
March 9, 2018 81 0 3 Answers from Father Andrew: What Kind of Music Is Suitable to Listen to During Great Lent? Question: May I listen to music during the Great Lent? What kind of music is suitable for this season? Answer: There is hardly…