February 23, 2020 Sacraments and Sinful Priests Question: I have a recent convert friend who is worried about the validity of his chrismation after the priest left the Church. What should…
February 23, 2020 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh on the Last Judgment In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. We remember the Day of the Last Judgment of the Lord…
February 22, 2020 If Someone Tells Me: Pray for Me, – What Should I Do? Mark 15:1-18 1 John 4:20-5:21 The apostle John the Theologian writes, If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is…
February 22, 2020 Proskomedia Particles The first part of the Liturgy is called Proskomedia (Greek: προσκομιδή – bringing). During this preliminary part of the Eucharist, clerics prepare bread and…
February 21, 2020 Help for the Departed Souls from Commemoration at the Liturgy (Saint Gregory the Great’s legend of a monk who died during his epitimia and was forgiven after thirty-day commemoration) Prayers, commemoration charity work performed…
February 21, 2020 What Is The Pledge? When a priest is being ordained, the bishop hands over to him the so-called Pledge (Greek: παρακαταθήκη), a particle of the Body of Christ….
February 20, 2020 Spiritual ABC Book for Those Who Want to Become Happy You ask with surprise in your voice: what should we do to live better life? It’s not me who will answer you, I will…
February 20, 2020 Blessed Valentina of Minsk: The Light of Faith in Dark Times It is God’s providence that in difficult times there should always be lamps of faith that warm the cold hearts. Most importantly, they should…
February 19, 2020 Secret Angel 2019: You Have Made a Holiday Miracle Possible! Isn’t it common to give presents on holidays? We all make every effort to be ready for the holidays; we choose gifts carefully, hoping…
February 19, 2020 Gurias Nikitin Gurias Nikitin had a rare feeling of plasticity for a medieval painter. He knew how to make figures dynamic, lively and, ultimately, temperamental. The…
