May 11, 2021 Layman’s Prayers for the Departed to Be Said at Home and at the Graveside Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Glory to You, O…
May 10, 2021 Cremation and Non-Orthodox Family Question: “A lot of Orthodox are converts to the faith. Inevitably, we will have situations within the family that would seem to be at…
May 10, 2021 The Reality of Christ’s Resurrection — Assessing the Evidence from History Is there any proof that Christ resurrected? I have heard this question many times from unbelievers throughout the quarter-century of my being at Church….
May 10, 2021 What It Was that Saved Thomas Thomas had a heart that had taken one too many beatings. Despite his often being stigmatized by later generations as “Doubting Thomas” there is…
May 8, 2021 When Will the Kingdom of God Come? The Kingdom of God is already here, but some have not noticed. Christians are often asked – sometimes naively, and other times derisively, “Where…
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 7, 2021 The Place of the Theotokos in Icons of the Resurrection There are three general representations of the Resurrection in Orthodoxy: the Harrowing of Hades, Christ triumphantly rising from the tomb, and the angel appearing to the…
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 6, 2021 It is Pascha Every Day for Those, Who are with Christ. Friends and Barbecue Cannot Interfere with That Many, if not the majority of people, ask about “what to do”. How to preserve the grace that you think you have gained during…
May 5, 2021 Paschal Martyrdom in a Monastery that Never Sleeps On 23 April the Orthodox Church honours the memory of 179 newly revealed martyrs of Ntaou Penteli. An Orthodox Christian will recall that the…
