Continued from (Part XII) Holy Communion. Communion is preceded by the fraction of the Lamb. The Priest and concelebrating Cler-gy,...
Continuued from (Part XI) The Divine Liturgy. The Divine Liturgy has its origins in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist,...
A beautiful, inspiring, and deeply comforting short homily by St Ephraim the Syrian: Not to sin is truly blessed; but...
Continued from (Part X) Compline. Compline, most often served in monasteries, is the Service of Prayer before retiring to bed...
Continued from (Part IX) 3. Orthodox Worship. The Five Cycles. The Great Cycle of Life. The life of an Orthodox...
Continued from (Part VIII) Candles and Their Symbolism. Lit candles and Icon lamps (lampadas) have a special symbolic meaning in...
Continued from (Part VII) The Iconostasis. The most prominent feature of an Orthodox church is the Iconostasis, consisting of one...
Continued from (Part VI) 2. The Church Building and its Servers. External Arrangement. Orthodox churches generally take one of several...
Continued from (Part V) Other Orthodox Communities in America. Albanian. Albanian Orthodox immigrants had been arriving in America for some...
Ch. 3 from The Truth of Our Faith:: A Discourse from Holy Scripture on the Teachings of True Christianity, By...
Continued from (Part IV) Orthodoxy in America. In the 18th Century, the great Orthodox Christian missionary work which began with...
Continued from (Part III) World Orthodoxy Today. Constantinople. The Patriarchate of Constantinople again, at least nominally, became independent after World...
Continued from (Part II) Notable Fathers of the Early Period. St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage († 258). St. Cyprian, commemorated...
Continued from (Part I) Other Apostles. St. Barnabas. St. Barnabas, a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of...
Ο Άγιος Ιωάννης ο Ευαγγελιστής, θέλοντας να δείξει τον άνθρωπο που έχει αληθινά πνεύμα Θεού, είπε: “Παν πνεύμα ο ομολογεί...
Information as to his life is scarce, and in some measure inexact. He was born in Proconsular Asia, or at...
By Monk Markellos Karakallenos The Holy Spirit is the source of the divine gifts and when He descended upon the...
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost We have heard in the Acts of the...
VatopaidiFriend: Rev. Fathers, dear brothers in Christ, The main aim of the contributors of the www.diakonima.gr is to work for...
