January 9, 2021 What Is the Meaning of Twelvetide, and How Should Be Celebrate It? The Nativity of Christ is the second most prominent feast in the Orthodox Church’s liturgical calendar after the Pascha, and as such, it is…
January 5, 2021 The Custom of the Christmas Tree For many people with a secular outlook, decorating the Christmas tree is the essence of Christmas. In Greece, this custom was imported from abroad…
December 2, 2020 In Search of Royal Presbyter John In the middle Ages, there was a sensational legend about the powerful Christian state existing in India and headed by Presbyter John. Information about…
November 20, 2020 Thorvald the Far Traveler. The Forgotten First Saint of White Russia? Everyone has heard about St Vladimir the Great baptizing Rus. It is also known that Christianity existed in Russia long before the reign of…
November 12, 2020 Dwelling and Prayer Place of St. John the Russian St John of Russia is revered in Orthodox Greece no less widely than St Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov are…
November 11, 2020 Sumerian Roots of the Forefathers’ Longevity Everyone reading the Bible must have noticed that our forefathers lived for a tremendous number of years, sometimes reaching a thousand-year milestone, as in…
November 7, 2020 Reflections on Religion and Political Power Many unbelievers argue that religion was been invented by people in political power in order to assert their authority and to exercise control over…
November 4, 2020 Has Thomas the Apostle Really Preached in India? Ascending to His Father, Christ commanded His disciples and apostles to preach to all nations, “baptizing them in the name of the Father, and…
November 3, 2020 Why Did God Curse the Earth if It Is Just Adam and Eve Who Have Sinned? Question: Why did the Lord curse the Earth, which He Himself had created? It is not the earth’s fault that Adam and Eve have…
October 27, 2020 First Christian Icons And Encaustic Icon-Painting The earliest religious icons that have survived to this day date from no earlier than the 6th century. These icons were often referred to…
