December 7, 2019 What Does Litya During the All-Night Vigil Mean? During the All-Night Vigil before major holidays, the clergy in most parishes and monasteries come out of the altar and march through the entire…
December 4, 2019 A Royal Priesthood A friend asked: Doesn’t the Bible say all Christians are priests? Then why does Orthodoxy have a separate class of people called priests? And…
December 4, 2019 The Historical Case for Infant Baptism Christian baptism is about conversion, as a quick look at the Orthodox liturgical texts reveals. Questions are addressed to the candidate, requiring him or…
November 30, 2019 The Symbolism of a Phelonion Ecclesiastical objects are full of symbolism. Why is that? Each symbol carries a Christian message and reminds us of Jesus and His Gospel. We…
November 27, 2019 Recommendations for Baking Prosphoras at Home We decided to prepare this piece in response to a comment to one of our blog posts. A reader complained that when he bakes…
November 22, 2019 We Must Read God’s Word, Even If We Can’t Understand Much Many of today’s Christians are almost completely unfamiliar with the word of God. They have read and studied all the worldly things a thousand…
November 22, 2019 The Problem of the Third Hour Troparion Interpolation The Orthodox have celebrated the Liturgy for more than two thousand years. The Liturgy has gone through a great deal of development, evolution and…
November 16, 2019 Eagle Rug As a Symbol of Bishop’s Ministry Orthodox worship is one of the richest Christian religious practices in terms of its symbolism. In addition to the liturgical texts and rituals, the…
November 15, 2019 How Should We Build Our Prayer Rule? It is impossible to imagine a meaningful Christian life without a daily prayer rule. But what should this prayer rule be? How long or short, and…
November 15, 2019 May Lay People Cense at Home? The book of the prophet Malachi says, For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name…
