November 24, 2019 387 0 Purple Parchment Manuscripts. Unique Examples of Book Art Black on white. We are so accustomed to this phrase that it is quite unusual to see some text written on a different surface….
November 22, 2019 269 0 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 11, 2019 901 0 Why Did God Create the Tree of Knowledge? “And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the…
October 30, 2019 573 0 Prophet Hosea: The Prophet of Mercy Today, on October 30 (October 17 according to the Julian Calendar), the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the Prophet Hosea, who lived long ago, in…
October 30, 2019 2662 4 Are Dogs Regarded as Unclean Animals and Can Cats and Dogs Live in The House? The division of animals into clean and unclean is very arbitrary. In fact, it does not exist. Especially in the New Testament Church. Any…
October 24, 2019 153 0 The Miracle of Joining the Church John 6:40-44; Acts 8:26-39 Holy Scripture says that God is the Spirit. Although He is everywhere, a sinful person cannot see Him. A human…
October 10, 2019 109 0 Some Doubted In a well-known passage from Matthew’s Gospel about one of Christ’s resurrection appearances, the passage read at the baptismal service, we find the following…
October 2, 2019 122 0 The Elevation of the Cross – Hard Power vs. Soft Power Pontius Pilate didn’t understand. “So you are a king, then?”, said Governor Pontius Pilate. Pilate understood none of this. He knew the Jews were…
September 30, 2019 283 0 Why We Need a God of Wrath Every age faces the temptation to remake the true God in its own image—or in other words, the temptation to idolatry. The brutal ages…
September 28, 2019 674 0 Original Sin Does the Orthodox Church recognize the original sin? The question may seem strange, because one can often read in popular and publicly available publications…