For the Orthodox Church, the 29th of April marks the beginning of Holy Week - a profound period dedicated to the contemplation of the life of the Saviour and the preparation for the Holy Resurrection. Immediately after the great Christian feast of..
The tangents between biology and ecclesiastical icon-painting are unknown and incomprehensible to those who are devoted to science. For Ekaterina Titova, a doctor of biological sciences accustomed to approaching everything through logic, religious..
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors... Every Christian remembers the meaning of this phrase from the Lord's Prayer, because it is around it that Christ's teaching on love and forgiveness is built. Those who cannot forgive cannot..
Always on Sunday, eight weeks before Easter, Orthodox Christians mark Mesni Zagovezni or Meat Shrovetide. During the liturgy, the Church recalls the image of the Last Judgment through the texts in the Holy Scriptures. The themes of..
On December 9th we celebrate St. Anna - the mother of the Virgin Mary. Joachim and Anna had been childless for many years and prayed to God to grant them a baby. One day an angel of the Lord appeared to Anna and told her that she would give birth to..
Today is Easter Monday, the first day of the Bright Week. Like the Holy Week, this one is also connected with the greatest event for Christians - Christ's Resurrection. It is called Bright Week or Renewal Week because of the light..
"If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile," St. Paul said in his First Epistle to the Corinthians. Christ's Incarnation and the culmination of His redemptive work - His death and His Resurrection - is the heart of Christian..
Eight days before Easter Sunday, the Christian Church commemorates the day the Savior raised Lazarus from Bethany. The Son of God was a frequent visitor to Lazarus' home, and when the latter became seriously ill, his sisters Martha and Mary sent word..
On January 2, Christians pay honor to Saint Sylvester - Pope of Rome, who officially baptized Emperor Constantine I the Great. According to popular beliefs, Saint Sylvester is considered the patron saint of animals. In..
On December 26, the Orthodox church celebrates the Synaxis of the Mother of God. It also pays honor to St. Joseph, who took care of the baby and the Mother of God. Therefore, the holiday is also marked as Father's Day. Joseph..
