Fr. Lawrence Farley
The Lord’s sacramental presence among us at Liturgy is a gift, a charisma, the gracious fulfillment of His promise to manifest Himself when His disciples gather together.
Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol
Wherein lies the truth of God? In that God became Man for the sake of the salvation of every one of us. This should be our focus in this present life.
Archimandrite Savva (Mazhuko)
Does an animal have a soul? Is it appropriate to pray for a beloved cat or dog? Is it humane to euthanize a suffering animal? And after death, do our pets go to heaven? Nearly every pet owner has pondered these questions.
Priest George Maximov
The Holy Martyr Gorazd (Pavlik; 1879–1942) is the most prominent saint of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia in the 20th century.
Maria Tobolova
To gain a deeper understanding of Sacred History and to appreciate the Word of God more fully, it is important to become familiar with the animals mentioned in the New Testament.
Christian authority is built on the foundation of a prior and more fundamental equality: before one is a father, one is a brother. All Christians share a common brotherhood, offering their ultimate submission to Christ and God the Father.
Nun Kallista (Golik)
For someone reading the lay order of the services, the stichera are a tricky but fascinating moment when you have to juggle several books at once.
In Medieval Rus’, it was considered normal for Christians to read the entire cycle of services every day, so they would read the Midnight Office as morning prayers.
How do Orthodox understand the sacrificial nature of the Eucharist? How can the sacrifice on the cross that occurred in the first century be present on our altars today?
Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)
All these hymns—“Now the Powers of Heaven”, the Cherubic Hymn, and “Let all mortal flesh keep silence”—remind us that the Heavenly Powers participate in worship with us.
Fr. Peter Heers
Today, it's time to discuss economia.
God’s presence among us as Emmanuel is the only way home and to happiness.
Metropolitan Saba (Isper)
Today's pastoral reality clearly shows that families are coming to the faith at a rate equal to, if not greater than, that of single men.
Tucked well away in the Divine Liturgy in a prayer that the priest says silently for himself we find a significant title of Christ.
Fr. Stephen Freeman
Whatever one might think of grace, the work of Christ on the Cross in no way removes the work of the Cross from the lives of believers.
Priest Tarasiy Borozenets
Nowadays many if not most people tend to believe more in the existence of aliens than in angels.
Many inquirers into Orthodoxy cannot understand the horror that the early church had of schism nor why modern Orthodox would insist on a convert being chrismated or re-baptized before receiving the Eucharist.
Those who follow the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful. It’s difficult to remain faithful to God, but at the same time, it’s the simplest thing we can do.
Those whose names aren’t written in the Book of Life, who aren’t God’s people, will be surprised and perplexed when they see this beast, which everyone thought was strong and robust, but it was a false picture.
Alexander Popov
After Foucault’s Pendulum, it became clear to me why Christianity forbids reading occult literature: It is too great a temptation for the proud mind.
