April 17, 2019 Why Is The Curtain of the Royal Door Half-Closed During the Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts? The curtain of the Royal Door is half-closed – as opposed to being fully closed during other Liturgies – during the Liturgy of Presanctified…
April 10, 2019 What Counts As Blasphemy? Dictionaries define blasphemy as the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God; irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable….
April 5, 2019 On Saturday Commemoration of the Dead in Orthodoxy The Saturdays of commemorations of the dead are called ancestral Saturdays (the first universal commemoration on Meat Fare Saturday, the second, third, and…
April 3, 2019 What Happened in the Beginning of the World, and How? A Priest Answers Children’s Questions, Part II If the universe was created almost 7,500 years ago, why can we see galaxies that are billions of light years away? What a clever…
April 3, 2019 Why Do We Address the Cross in Prayer? On this great feast of the Exultation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross Archpriest Andrew Nikolaidi addresses whether Orthodoxy considers the Cross to be…
April 2, 2019 Who Is More to Blame for the Fall? Adam or Eve? A Priest Answers Children’s Questions “Theoretical” questions, i.e., those that deal with the key aspects of Christian theology, aren’t a rare occurrence among questions asked by children. Archpriest Alexander Yelatomtsev,…
April 1, 2019 Is There Any Meaning to Be Found in Dreams? A compilation of three parishioners’ questions for Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok, the spiritual father of St. Elisabeth Convent. How Should a Disabled Person Fast? Q:…
March 31, 2019 Is It Necessary for the Orthodox to Always Wear a Cross? Question: “Is it necessary for an Orthodox Christian to always wear a Cross?” Answer: The practice of wearing a cross is very ancient, and…
March 29, 2019 The Unction: Whom Is It For, How to Prepare for It, and What to Do with the Oil, the Candles, and the Grain? Archimandrite Spyridon (Khodanich) on the rules of the Unction. The Sacrament of Unction is performed in all Orthodox churches during the Great Lent. However,…
March 19, 2019 Why Is It Forbidden to Get Married During the Lent? Longing for a source of joy that you’ve lost can make all other delights of the world seem unimportant. Everything has its time and…
