September 7, 2019 Holy Tradition of the Church VS Holy Scripture of the Church A good question was posed to us by one of the readers of our blog recently: “Why are visions of some saints sufficient to…
September 3, 2019 The Bullet and the Egg: Albania at the Crossroads The Church of Christ consists of 15 Local Orthodox Churches. The Albanian Orthodox Church is one of them. What do we know about the…
September 2, 2019 Why Are the Major Cathedrals in Russia Dedicated to the Dormition? In my opinion, there are two dimensions to the interpretation of this phenomenon, namely cultural tradition and religious consciousness. With regard to cultural tradition,…
August 31, 2019 Reclaiming the Sabbath At the beginning of September, we celebrate Labor Day. From the earliest days of the Church, work has always occupied a central place in…
August 30, 2019 The Little Entrance: Beginning of Christ’s Public Ministry or Entrance of the Church into the Kingdom? The Orthodox Liturgy is highly dynamic and agile. We see periodic movements of priests and clergymen throughout the service, particularly during the so-called Little…
August 23, 2019 Why Hold Processions? The tradition of religious processions has a very ancient history. It begins, in a sense, as early as the Old Testament times. In essence,…
August 18, 2019 The Narthex as a Dynamic Place of Transformation The icon of the Fest of Transfiguration‚ which we celebrate on August 6th‚ is a beautiful metaphor for the union and the reconciliation that Christ brings…
August 13, 2019 The Eucharist – the Seal of Christian Marriage We know from the Church history that there hadn’t existed any special ritual of Matrimony until the 9th century. The Sacrament of Matrimony was…
August 2, 2019 Tonsure vs Long Hair Most priests of the Russian Orthodox Church wear long hair. A bearded man with long hair – a classic and already familiar image of…
July 31, 2019 Language of the Orthodox Church: Church Vestments Many churches astonish us with beauty and luxury of their interior decoration. And sometimes the incoming person has a question: what is it all…