March 29, 2022 804 2 Statues and Monuments as Seen from a Christian Perspective For the Orthodox Church, taking a stance on religious sculpture has been no simple task. On the one hand, it seems at odds with…
January 24, 2022 1053 1 Why Was Eating Pork Forbidden in the Old Testament? It is not just pork that the Old Testament forbids eating. The book of Leviticus contains a list of so-called unclean animals that should…
January 18, 2022 320 0 Degrees of Acceptance of Theological Statements by the Church The church historian V. Bolotov proposed a system with 4 stages of acceptance of a particular theological idea or statement by the entire Church,…
December 18, 2021 419 0 Comparison of Biblical and Babylonian Cosmogony The clay tablets, discovered in 1849 in the ruins of the Ashurbanipal library, have caused much controversy among historians and biblical scholars. They contain…
December 15, 2021 595 0 Constitution and Symbolism of the Altar Table The altar table embodies the immaterial Throne of the Most Holy Trinity and serves as a place of special presence of Divine Glory. Standing…
December 11, 2021 200 0 Do Science and Religion Align? Refuting Popular Atheistic Myths If you have heard that: 1) scientific and religious worldviews are irreconcilable; 2) religion and the Church have hindered scientific progress; 3) science is…
November 28, 2021 1025 4 Are Buddhist Spiritual Practices Really Similar to Hesychasm? A number of articles (including academic ones) that can be easily found on the internet, compare Buddhist spiritual and physical practices with the tradition…
November 26, 2021 826 1 Why Did the Prophet Hosea Marry a Promiscuous Woman? Back in the eighth century BC, history’s first Olympic games began in Greece. Rome was established on the Apennine Peninsula and in the old…
November 9, 2021 836 0 Royals Who Became Saints after Taking Tonsure against Their Will In our age, it is hard to imagine how anyone could accept monastic tonsure against their will. At church, tonsure is a holy sacrament,…
October 6, 2021 117 0 Can a New Book Appear in the New Testament Canon? The possibility of a new book being added to the New Testament canon does exist theoretically, but it is highly unlikely for anything like…