August 29, 2017 281 1 Iconography and History of the Image Of Christ Not Made By Hands While Christ still walked the earth, word about the Word spread far and wide. A certain Syrian king called Abgar came to hear and…
August 22, 2017 1172 0 The Hesychast Spirituality of the Russian Monastic Tradition Professor Archimandrite Job Getcha traces the origins and development of Russian monasticism, showing how both its roots and its spirituality are firmly based…
August 17, 2017 126 0 How the Icon of the Mother of God of Penza Saved the City from Invasion Czar Alexis of Russia (1645–1676) gave an icon of the Mother of God of Kazan as a founding blessing gift to the city of…
June 7, 2017 3485 2 The Untold Story of the Uncovering of the Head of St. John the Baptist Holy Scripture tells us that after St. John the Baptist was beheaded, the impious Herodias forbade the prophet’s head to be buried together with…
May 31, 2017 1041 0 Quick Facts About the 7 Ecumenical Councils There have been seven Ecumenical Councils in the true Orthodox Christian Church: 1. Nicea; 2. Constantinople; 3. Ephesus; 4. Chalcedon; 5. the second…
May 27, 2017 11547 5 What Does This Hand Gesture Mean in Orthodox Iconography? Origin of the hand gestures In ancient Greece and Rome, there was a well-established system of hand-gestures used in oratory and rhetoric. Some of…
May 4, 2017 185 1 The History of the New Testament Canon from the Apostolic Church to the Present All Christians agree that Scripture is the heart of the Christian tradition. However, what they mean by this affirmation often differs. To shed light…
March 20, 2017 427 4 The Origin of the Slanted Crosswise Bar in Orthodox Crosses The question is a very common one, and misinformation about the origins of the three-barred Orthodox Cross abounds even in scholarly studies. This Cross…
February 3, 2017 139 2 The Holy Father of the Eastern and Western Churches: St. Maximus the Confessor The primo uomo of the theological crisis, which would become known as Monoenergism and Monothelitism, was emperor Heraclius (610-642). His partner in the church-state…
December 28, 2016 1870 1 The Fascinating History of the Relics of Saint Spyridon Saint Spyridon reposed in the Lord in the year 348 in his native Cyprus. It was observed soon after that his revered relics remained…