October 21, 2020 “Poetry in Stone”. History of the Intercession Church on the Nerl River The Church of the Intercession located on the Nerl River is the very first Intercession church known to the world. It remained such for…
October 12, 2020 Saint Edwin of Northumbria, King and Martyr, and Saint Ethelburgh, Queen and Abbess of Lyminge By the time of the repose of St. Augustine of Canterbury in 604 there was only one kingdom in the whole of England that…
October 10, 2020 What is the Meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles? Q: “What is the meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles?” A: The feast of Tabernacles (or Booths) was one the three great feasts of…
October 9, 2020 How an Orthodox Priest Saved Jews from the Holocaust The Holocaust is the mass genocide of Jews during the Second World War. During this time, the Nazis killed about 6 million people. The…
October 4, 2020 How the Vikings Found Christianity Introduction by Matfey Shaheen: Despite the fact that throughout this article, the word “Viking”, is used, for the most part, the peoples described here as…
September 30, 2020 What Is Christianity’s Perspective on the History of Our Planet? How does Christianity relate to the planet’s history? I will begin by saying that I will adhere to a scientific point of view without…
September 1, 2020 Are the Kingdom of Heaven and Paradise Different Things? In the book of Genesis we read how the Lord creates the world, arranges everything for the good of man. “The Lord God planted a…
August 20, 2020 History of the Feast of Transfiguration On August 19, the Church celebrates the Transfiguration of the Lord. The event described in all the Gospel stories, except for the Gospel of…
August 18, 2020 The Gospel about Money Why are the money changers robbers? And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in…
August 14, 2020 Old Russian Practice of Preparing for Prayer In the Russian Church prior to the beginning of the Nikonian reforms of the 17th century, there was a pious custom of the so-called…