November 21, 2016 223 0 Akathist to Archangel Michael Kontakion 1 Chosen captain of the heavenly hosts and defender of mankind, we – delivered by you from afflictions -offer this hymn of…
November 21, 2016 584 0 Iconography of the Angels and Other Bodiless Powers Talk of God, of Jesus, and of the Saints may diminish, but the subject of angels always manages to capture popular imagination. They have…
November 21, 2016 493 0 The Holy Angels: An Orthodox Perspective Our Holy Bible starts with this sentence: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. By Heaven is meant not an…
November 17, 2016 132 0 Life after Death. Mysteries beyond the Grave. Part I It is beyond any doubt that we Christians are convinced that we are created for life; it is not God’s will that we die….
November 15, 2016 5098 2 The Meaning of Objects Held by Saints in Orthodox Icons Iconography can be an extremely concise way of communicating the Faith. Therefore, what the Saints hold in their hands in portrait icons help in…
November 11, 2016 137 0 The Icon of the Mother of God “Ozeryanskaya” Not far from Kharkov, in the Transfiguration Monastery of Kuryazhanka, there is a miraculous image of the Mother of God called “Ozeryanskaya”. According to…
November 7, 2016 170 0 The Icon of the Mother of God “The Joy of All Who Sorrow” The Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” is a Theotokos image without a single compositional pattern which is encountered in many versions….
November 4, 2016 68 0 The Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan: The Liberation from an Invasion According to tradition, the icon of the Mother of God of Kazan arrived to Russia from Constantinople in the 13th century. After the Tatars…
November 1, 2016 1026 0 The Life, Travels and Martyrdom of Apostle Luke Background of St. Luke The holy Evangelist Luke was born in the Syrian city of Antioch. His parents were not members of the…
November 1, 2016 125 0 The Orthodox Priest: An Icon of Christ In this holy season you could have a child ask you, “why was Jesus born as a boy? Why couldn’t St. Mary have had…