In the Christian tradition of both east and west, the twelve days of Christmas refer to the period
Ten Steps to a Better Prayer Life
Author: Anonymous Designate A Prayer Space: Whether it is in the corner of your desk or a little
The Proskomide — Service of Preparation of the Holy Gifts
Long before most people arrive at Church, the priest prepares the Holy Gifts (the bread and wine that
Christianity Without Pentecost
What happens when Orthodox Christian experience Ascension, but not Pentecost? by: Fr. Josiah Trenham The last ten days
The Christians of Dachau
By Fr. Hans Jacobse Pascha, 2009 Every Pascha, I repost two stories on OrthodoxyToday.org. that tell how Orthodox
The Word ‘God,’ The Divine Names, ‘Father’ As Divine Name
The words used to refer to ‘God’ in different languages are related to various concepts. The peoples of antiquity attempted to find in their languages a word to express their notion of God or, rather, their experience of encounter with the Divinity.
In the languages of Germanic origin the word Gott comes from a verb meaning ‘to fall to the ground’, to fall in worship. This reflects an experience similar to that of St Paul, who, when illumined by God on the road to Damascus, was struck by divine light and immediately ‘fell to the ground… in fear and trembling’ (Acts 9:4-6).
Church on Sunday?
I came across this well-written, thoughtful, and thoroughly engaging article on what American Orthodoxy increasingly looks like. He
The Love of God and the Passion of Christ
On March 26, 2009, the Fellowship of St. James, publisher of Touchstone and Salvo magazines, hosted a Lenten
Orthodox chant on PBS [AUDIO]
A small but delightful segment on Orthodox chant appears on the Religion and Ethics section of the PBS
Welcome to St. Peter’s
St Peter’s was given this directive from Metropolitan Philip of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese: “Establish a parish