May 7, 2021 Prayers of Absolution in the Practices of Eastern Churches Christ vested in His disciples the authority to forgive the sins of others (John 20:23). The sacrament of confession has been performed at church…
May 6, 2021 Who Was Pontius Pilate? He is in the Bible and in secular literature. Mikhail Bulgakov depicts him in his famous novel “Master and Margarita” as a gentle and…
May 5, 2021 Does Hades still Exist? Q: I recently heard a priest who said that hades no longer exists, because in our hymns, we say that Christ destroyed hades by…
May 3, 2021 Artos — the Bread of Easter An illustrated explainer, with photos and videos Throughout the Bright Week, visitors to Orthodox Churches will notice a large prosphroron placed on a table…
May 2, 2021 Some Facts about the Holy Thursday, the Passions and the Resurrection of Christ that You Might Not Know Known modern theologians Priest Awgustin Sokolowsky and Archpriest Andrey Tkachev talk about the last days of Christ’s passions and His Resurrection from a historical…
April 29, 2021 The Washing of the Feet: a Brief History of the Rite According to the common belief, the rite of the washing of the feet, performed on Maundy Thursday, originated in Jerusalem in the 6-7 centuries….
April 27, 2021 Memorial Church of Saint Job in Brussels — a Candle for the Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia Listen to the article This Orthodox Church that stands in one of Brussels main streets was in commemoration of the royal martyr Nicholas II,…
April 26, 2021 Monastic Tonsure: Second Baptism, or the Marriage of the Soul to Christ Speaking of the holy sacraments, I want to say something about the sacrament of tonsure. Is monastic tonsure a sacrament? Of course it’s a…
April 24, 2021 It is Not the Palm or Willow Branches That Are Consecrated, but the Christian holding Them “Many people celebrate holidays and know these holidays’ names. Often they do it without knowing the reasons why they are established” (St John Chrysostom)….
April 23, 2021 Standing for Hours at the Lenten Services Exhausts Me So Much that I Can no Longer Think Straight. Is Anything Wrong with Me? Different degrees of the described state are familiar to everyone. Moreover, well-known and authoritative clergymen did not hesitate to describe similar experiences in their…
April 23, 2021 Some Facts about the Liturgical and Church Life of Coptic Christians A primer on the liturgical and church life of Coptic Christians, prepared for the visit of a group of monastics of the Ukrainian Orthodox…
April 21, 2021 Where Has the African Church Gone? The disappearance of the church in northwestern Africa (the Roman province called Africa Proconsularis) during the Arab conquests of the late 7th – early…
