April 25, 2018 586 0 Can I Eat Meat After Holy Communion? Question: Is it permitted to eat meat on the day I have partaken of the Holy Communion? Answer: First of all, let us…
April 13, 2018 91 0 A Basic Q&A About St. Thomas Sunday Fr. Seraphim Holland, rector of the St. Nicholas Church in McKinney, Texas, answers ten questions on the first Sunday after Pascha—Thomas Sunday, also known…
March 26, 2018 1306 0 Why Do Seminarians Wear the Cassock? Question: Why do seminarians wear the cassock? Answer: Seminaries are a relatively recent thing in Church history. The first seminaries were established in…
February 8, 2018 445 0 What is Polyeleos in an Orthodox Christian Service? Polyeleos is the most festive part of the matins. It name is Greek in nature: polyeleos from polys – many, and eleos – grace….
January 26, 2018 13975 4 The Appropriate Way to Use Incense while Praying at Home Question: What is the appropriate way for laypeople to use incense in prayer? Answer: Historically, it has probably been exceptional for a laymen…
January 17, 2018 110 0 Why do we Bless Homes on Theophany with Holy Water? Why do we bless houses (and almost anything else that we can sprinkle) with water? Many years ago, when I was yet a…
January 3, 2018 109 0 What Does It Mean to Be a Churched Person? Whom can we rightly call a churched person? What does it mean to be such a person? A churched Christian is a person who…
January 3, 2018 81 0 How Orthodox Christians View the Typicon? Since the aim of church rubrics is to adapt church services to the holy commemorations of the day, their compilation must have begun the…
November 20, 2017 2763 7 The Orthodox View on Sabbath and Sunday Q: Is the Orthodox view that Sabbath has been transferred to Sunday? What is an Orthodox view on Sabbath? A: The Orthodox believe…
November 6, 2017 303 0 Who Were the “Brethren of the Lord”? Q: Who were the “brethren of the Lord” (Matthew 12:46-47), and if He had brothers, why do we call the Theotokos “Ever-Virgin”? A:…