January 1, 2020 236 0 The Necessity for Facts: Is Christmas a Fairy Tale? Four years ago, along I-94 west of downtown Milwaukee, these words were on a billboard sponsored by a local atheist group. I read that…
December 4, 2019 149 0 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh on Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple There are feasts in which the power lies in the event being remembered; it is the event itself that is important, significant, and decisive…
November 12, 2019 218 0 Handmade Christmas Decorations You Have Never Seen Before Golden fall is ending, and shop windows start to be adorned with Christmas decorations. The Nativity fast is coming, as well as the Feast…
October 4, 2019 85 0 O Lord, Save Your People: The Divine Liturgy on the Feast of the Elevation of the Cross! The Savior ascended on the Cross covering all our sins and conquering death itself. The cross is a testimony of God’s love. And each…
October 2, 2019 122 0 The Elevation of the Cross – Hard Power vs. Soft Power Pontius Pilate didn’t understand. “So you are a king, then?”, said Governor Pontius Pilate. Pilate understood none of this. He knew the Jews were…
September 26, 2019 229 0 The Elevation of the Holy Cross – “I Have Been Given All Authority in Heaven and on Earth.” “On earth”? During the first centuries of Christian history, there was little visible evidence that this – Christ’s final declaration before his Ascension –…
September 26, 2019 170 0 Let Us Try to Become “Wise Thieves”: Saints on the Christ’s Cross and the Cross of Everyone of Us The veneration of the Lord’s cross is inseparably connected with the Atonement Sacrifice of the Godman Jesus Christ. By venerating the cross, the Orthodox…
September 7, 2019 432 0 Why Celebrate Christian Holidays that Aren’t in the Bible? Aquick perusal of the major feast days on Orthodox Church’s liturgical calendar will show that many of those great feasts are not mentioned in…
September 2, 2019 271 0 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,…
July 22, 2019 116 0 The Divine Liturgy on the Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul! “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Hebrews 13:8). The connection of generations from the Apostles’ time to the present…