July 1, 2019 106 0 The Divine Liturgy on the Birthday of the Church! The festive church is decorated with greenery, the priests are dressed in green vestments, and the air is full of grace, because it is…
June 19, 2019 102 0 Fr. Andrey Lemeshonok: “The Holy Spirit Has Blessed All of Us Today!” It is very difficult for us, earthbound, tuned for everything external and temporal people, to contain the verb of God, the Life-giving Spirit, but…
June 4, 2019 56 0 Patron Saint’s Day at the Men’s Rehabilitation Center The festive liturgy was served at the church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “The Inexhaustible Chalice”. On that day…
April 21, 2019 445 1 Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem in Various Christian Denominations Christians have celebrated the joyful holiday of the Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem since earliest times with exceptional splendor. There isn’t any Christian nation which…
March 25, 2019 171 0 Annunciation: the Challenge of Rejecting our Self-Interest In both Eastern and Western liturgical traditions, March 25th marks a special event in the life of Jesus Christ: His conception in the womb…
February 14, 2019 73 0 Mine Eyes Have Seen: What Future Did St. Simeon Foresee at the Moment of the Meeting? One of the most well known psalms is the 90th, beginning with, “He that dwelleth in the help of the Most High”. We read…
January 29, 2019 308 1 Shall We Venerate Chains? Today, on January 29 (January 16 O.S.), the church calendar is marked with the following intriguing holiday: Veneration of the Precious Chains of the…
December 27, 2018 40 0 On Hospitality During the Nativity Season Ever burdened with our American consumerism and capitalism orientation to life (“How much will it cost?” “What’s my time worth?” “How will it affect…
December 26, 2018 138 2 Is December 25 Really the Day When Christ Was Born? The issue of the time of the birth of Christ has been addressed by many people in the past, both scholars and theologians, so…
December 8, 2018 112 1 Annunciation as the Beginning of the Nativity Story And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy…