August 31, 2022 Why Is the Dormition Called a “Summer Easter”? Why do Christians celebrate the Dormition? What does it have in common with Easter? Answered by Archpriest Vladimir Shutov, Rector of the Holy Royal…
August 27, 2022 About the Most Holy, Most Pure and Most Blessed Matthew 12:46–13:3 Romans 15:17–29 Once, when the Lord “was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to…
April 13, 2022 Where Was the Dwelling of the Virgin Mary? From a young age, the Virgin Mary lived in Nazareth. Her annunciation took place in this city. Here, she gave birth to Jesus. But…
December 6, 2021 The History of the Temple that the Most Holy Theotokos Entered The Temple of Solomon was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586. The Jewish people were then expelled from their native land. Ten percent of the…
November 10, 2021 How Ancient Christians Prayed to the Mother of God November can be rightly called “the month of the Theotokos”. It is interspersed with holidays of the revered icons of the Mother of God,…
September 20, 2021 That Birth Reveals the Ways of God When Mary of Nazareth first emerged from her mother as a newborn infant and uttered her first newborn cries, few then present could have…
August 30, 2021 5 Quotes from Saints about the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos O what a blessed departure this going to God of thine. If God vouchsafes it to all His servants–and we know that He does…
August 27, 2021 The Incorruptible Flower of Paradise: A Discourse on the Great Feast of Dormition Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov speaks to why the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos—the autumn Pascha, is especially significant for us, how…
July 7, 2021 Why Do Some Icons of Pentecost Depict the Mother of God, while Others Don’t? In Early Christianity, the Ascension of Christ and the Descent of the Holy Spirit were celebrated on the same day, ending the Easter weeks….
May 11, 2021 Visions and Intercessions of the Holy Theotokos during Wartime Listen to the article Most soldiers who have survived the furious and bloody battles of the war will say, “among soldiers on the front…
