September 30, 2021 1620 0 A Few Things that You May Not Know About Vigil Lamps Explore hanging vigil lamps in the catalog >> Vigil (Oil) Lamps (from the Greek – λάμπα) are small vessels with burning oil, hung in…
September 27, 2021 296 0 The True Cross: History of Loss and Acquisition Why is the church where the relic was uncovered located deep underground? How were the nails from the crucifixion site discovered? How was the…
September 23, 2021 293 0 History and Features of the Sanctuary Cross Various symbolic images of the cross existed and were used by many nations long before the advent of Christianity. But after the Passion and…
September 22, 2021 238 0 Is Bible Study Orthodox? It is unfortunately not uncommon to find Orthodox people who argue that it is not Orthodox to study the Bible. Perhaps clergy and monastics…
September 17, 2021 594 2 Fragments of Orthodoxy in English Popular Tradition “They were old men with no scholarship. They told me of their thoughts: the things they said within themselves as they sailed with the…
September 14, 2021 777 0 Are There Any Occupations that Are Incompatible with Christian Belief? In all of your pursuits, have an eye on God. — Abba Isaiah Ever since we were children, we have been told that all…
September 14, 2021 409 0 Why Do Not Churches Use Modern Spoken Languages in Their Worship? We have received the following question from one of our readers: Why does not the Church implement the currently spoken languages that are easier…
September 13, 2021 142 0 Calendars Old and New One piece of recent Orthodox history and continued current controversy that often strikes those first learning about the church as odd is the controversy…
September 6, 2021 2075 0 Here There Be Giants In recent times, the rediscovery of the original ancient context of Genesis 6:1-4 has led to a fascination with the subject of the ‘Nephilim’,…
August 31, 2021 711 2 The Church of the Holy Sepulchre and New Jerusalem – Pieces of the Holy Land in Russia In the 17th century, Patriarch Nikon (+1681) resolved to build outside Moscow the New Jerusalem Monastery of the Resurrection resembling the places of Christian…