Continued from (Part XIV) Concerning Bows and the Sign of the Cross. Orthodox worship is characterized by a complete utilization...
Continued from (Part XIII) Liturgical Books. The Liturgical books used in Orthodox worship fall into three main groups. The first...
Η Ιερά Μονή Σίμωνος Πέτρας. Εξωτερική άποψη. Holy Monastery of Simonos Petras. External view. Ιδρύθηκε περί το 1257 από τον...
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,...
Φαίνεται ότι υπήρχε ήδη το 1018, αλλά μετά από πολλές περιπέτειες ανακαινίσθηκε από τους Παλαιολόγους κατά το 14ο αι. Το...
Continued from (Part X) Compline. Compline, most often served in monasteries, is the Service of Prayer before retiring to bed...
With the development of monasticism in the Church there appeared a peculiar way of life, which however did not proclaim...
Ήρθε η σειρά μου να ασπαστώ τώρα την Παναγία! Να δω την Ζώνη την Αγνή! Τη Ζώνη την Αγία! Να...
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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...
What does it mean to be a Christian? What are we called to do? Very broadly speaking, we are called...
Continued from (Part VI) 2. The Church Building and its Servers. External Arrangement. Orthodox churches generally take one of several...
September 14 The Exaltation of the Cross is one of the twelve great feasts in the yearly Church cycle. It...
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...
