Rev. Fr. Dustin M. Lyon
Rating: 9,7|Votes: 3
Though I’ve not been a priest for very long, I have noticed that there’s been a lot of confusion concerning death and the customs of the Orthodox Church regarding the funeral rites. Because of this, I want to take this time to educate you on the customs of the Church and their meanings.
Archbishop Averky (Taushev)
Rating: 8,9|Votes: 22
An angel in the flesh and the cornerstone of the prophets, / the second forerunner of the coming of Christ…” With these words the Holy Church glorifies the great Old Testament righteous man who lived 900 years before Christ - the glorious holy prophet of God, Elijah. By his unusually strict ascetic life, he appeared more like an angel than a man.
St. Augustine
Rating: 10|Votes: 3
Why is St. Elias such an important and revered Old Testament prophet for Orthodox Christians? What is the typological interpretation of certain events in his life? Blessed Augustine talks about St. Elias as a type of Christ, and the widow of Sarephta as a type of the Church.
Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov
I greet you, dear friends, on the day of St. Seraphim of Sarov, wonderworker of all Russia and luminary of Russian history, the Russian land, and the Russian Church!Allow me to ask you a question: What is the main difference between our contemporaries and the venerable Sarov ascetic?
Fr. James Guirguis
In today’s epistle we hear some of the words of encouragement from the great Apostle St. Paul to the Christians of Rome. These words are a beautiful reminder to all of us who are here together to build this mission and spread the Orthodox faith.