Rating: 8.7|Votes: 41

Secret Prayers

Fr. John Whiteford

Certain prayers are pronounced in a very low voice by the priest in the altar during the Anaphora, as the choir sings, and thus the congregations does not hear them.Why aren’t the anaphora prayers read by the priest during Divine Liturgy not pronounced out loud? What are the “secret prayers”? Fr. John Whiteford gives an explanation.

Rating: 7.6|Votes: 12

Fr. George Florovsky on The Boundaries of the Church

Bishop Athanasius (Yevtich)

We consider the essay on “The Boundaries of the Church” as a product of a young Florovsky, fragmented and lacking clarity.

Rating: 8.2|Votes: 5

Mathilde director admits film contains historical inaccuracies

Director Alexei Uchitel believes that the creators of the film Mathilde can be accused of historical inaccuracies, but added that the film can only be fairly criticized after viewing the full and final project.

Rating: 10|Votes: 39

The Story Of The Two Criminals

Fr. George Calciu

Fr. George speaks of the conversion of criminals to Christ in the terrible prisons of Communist Romania.

Rating: 9.9|Votes: 18

“In the Soviet Era My Relatives Belonging to the Communist Party were Afraid to Say Hello to Me.”

A Talk with Archpriest Evgeny Peleshev

Yuri Pushchaev, Archpriest Evgeny Peleshev

In his interview with Pravoslavie.ru, Fr. Evgeny Peleshev recalls his life at the Pskov Caves Monastery in his youth and how priests and the faithful were persecuted in the post-war Soviet period.