June 18, 2020 335 0 Belarusian Icon Many people who saw Belarusian icons have the impression of their being warm, kind, and homely. Belarusian icon painters approached even tragic stories in…
June 17, 2020 197 0 Saint Of Travellers St. Botolph (also Botulf) is one of the most venerated saints in Eastern England and one of the greatest English missionaries in the 7th…
June 16, 2020 1116 4 Was Jesus a Revolutionary? Myth Some people say that Jesus was a revolutionary and that because of this He was punished by the authorities. Therefore, it is…
June 16, 2020 739 2 The Relics Of The Saints One element of the practice of the Orthodox Church that is particularly troubling to many of those who are outside, particularly in contemporary Western…
June 14, 2020 165 0 Lives of Saints: the Evolution of the Genre This Sunday, the Church celebrates the memory of All Saints. I personally used to believe for a long time that saints weren’t unlike fairytale…
June 11, 2020 422 0 Why Do We Need Inscriptions On Frescoes and Icons? Text in church art provides a sacred passport of the image. If there is an inscription, there is an icon. If there is no…
June 8, 2020 632 0 The Oak of Mamre: Beginning Of The Revelation The episode at the oak of Mamre, recorded in Genesis 18, is one of the strangest and most mysterious in the scriptures. It has…
June 6, 2020 494 0 What Does the Image of a Cross with Branches Mean? At church, we can often see the image of the Cross of the Lord without the figure of the crucified Christ. The tree comes…
June 1, 2020 229 2 I Am Arius Does it really matter if Jesus is God or not? Couldn’t God have just picked a man and made him a savior or a…
May 31, 2020 227 0 An Exclusive Creed The Nicene Creed was created to exclude. This goes against the grain of our modern secular society, where the word “inclusive” has become a…