April 16, 2021 The Holy Doors The altar barrier called the iconostasis separates the temple from its Holy of Holies, where the credence table and the bishop’s throne are located….
April 16, 2021 How Much Black Should Be Worn during Church Worship? How might Newton have influenced the liturgical tradition of the Church? The answer is not the apple. It was not the fall of the…
April 15, 2021 “What If an Unconfessed Sin Comes to Mind when I Come to the Chalice after Confession?” The long-term practice of obligatory confession established in our church, besides the obvious advantages, has led many people to view confession not as an…
April 15, 2021 Liturgical Differences between the Greek and Russian Churches Part Two Our previous article described the liturgical differences existing between the churches of the Greek and Russian traditions. After mentioning some subtleties of the first…
April 13, 2021 Omens, Signs and Dark Periods in Our Lives — Is There a Connection? Listen to this article Throughout human history, people have been looking to omens and indications from God and asking for them. Why? When we…
April 10, 2021 Meaning and Importance of the Evening Prayers The conviction that prayer should be exclusively a matter of desire holds a specific place among other misconceptions existing in church today. I have…
April 9, 2021 Sign of the Cross: How Is It Made by Different Denominations? Part Two The church continues her Lenten journey to the New Passover of Christ giving this week special attention to the Holy Cross of the Lord…
April 7, 2021 A Few Niceties of the Feast of the Annunciation Today is the great feast of the Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady. With her famous “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord,”…
April 7, 2021 The Annunciation St. Ignatius of Antioch, martyred in Rome in about the year 107, wrote that along with the death of the Lord, the virginity of…
April 3, 2021 Two Layers of the Memorial Service A special commemoration of the departed takes place during Great Lent. In two thousand years, the Church has created memorial services with a deep…
March 30, 2021 Should a Person with Health Problems Be Forcing Himself to Make Bows? Part 1 Should a person with health problems be forcing himself to make bows? It is hardly prayer that a person thinks of when…
March 29, 2021 Why Are So Many Bows Performed during Great Lent? “Why bow so often? This is a temple, not a gym!” Neophyte Christians are sometimes indignant when they come to services of Great Lent….
