March 8, 2020 79 0 Troparion and Prayer to the Holy Confessor Nicholas (Mogilevsky) We have translated troparion and prayer to the Holy Confessor Nicholas (Mogilevsky), Metropolitan of Alma-Ata at the request of one of our readers. Troparion…
February 22, 2020 277 0 Akathist to Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow Kontakion 1 To thee, the steadfast champion of the Holy Orthodox Faith, do we, thy spiritual children, offer hymns of praise and thanksgiving, mindful…
February 22, 2020 391 0 If Someone Tells Me: Pray for Me, – What Should I Do? Mark 15:1-18 1 John 4:20-5:21 The apostle John the Theologian writes, If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is…
February 21, 2020 427 0 Help for the Departed Souls from Commemoration at the Liturgy (Saint Gregory the Great’s legend of a monk who died during his epitimia and was forgiven after thirty-day commemoration) Prayers, commemoration charity work performed…
January 31, 2020 1018 0 Where Did the Custom of Reading the Prayers of Preparation for the Holy Communion Come From? An Orthodox Christian is certainly well acquainted with the preparatory prayers for the Holy Communion. This prayer rule is important and highly recommended before…
January 2, 2020 901 0 Akathist to Saint John of Kronstadt Kontakion 1 To one chosen among priests, to the wondrous servant of God, John, pastor and teacher, intercessor for tsars, comforter of the afflicted,…
November 15, 2019 1088 0 How Should We Build Our Prayer Rule? It is impossible to imagine a meaningful Christian life without a daily prayer rule. But what should this prayer rule be? How long or short, and…
November 14, 2019 1051 0 Akathist to The Martyr Tsar Nicholas II Kontakion 1 O passion-bearer chosen from birth, Christian love incarnate: we chant hymns of praise to thee, as one who loved thy homeland more…
November 13, 2019 187 0 Akathist to Saint Elisabeth The New Martyr Kontakion 1 Come, all ye who love Christ, and let us offer up a hymn of praise unto the martyred nun Elizabeth, who was…
November 11, 2019 304 0 Akathist to Saint Seraphim of Sarov Kontakion 1 Our glorious God, in His infinite wisdom and inexhaustible mercy, has bestowed a holy wonderworker upon those of us struggling through these…