Continued from (Part XIX) Great Feasts of the Paschal Cycle. The Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem (Sunday Before Pascha)....
Continued from (Part XVIII) The Transfiguration of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Aug. 6). At one point in His...
Continued from (Part XVII) The Holy Supper. Christmas customs among the Orthodox people are simple, yet beautiful and rich with...
Continued from (Part XVI) 4. Feasts of the Orthodox Church. The Twelve Great Feasts. The Nativity of the Most-Holy Theotokos...
Continued from (Part XV) Great Lent and Pascha The Feast of Feasts the Holy Pascha the Resurrection of the Lord-is...
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...
Continued from (Part XII) Holy Communion. Communion is preceded by the fraction of the Lamb. The Priest and concelebrating Cler-gy,...
By Fr. Andrew Jarmus “Prayer is the test of everything; prayer is also the source of everything; prayer is the...
Continuued from (Part XI) The Divine Liturgy. The Divine Liturgy has its origins in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist,...
Continued from (Part X) Compline. Compline, most often served in monasteries, is the Service of Prayer before retiring to bed...
Continuued from (11) by the Blessed Elder Joseph οf Vatopaidi THE TRANSLATION OF HIS RELICS As was proper and natural,...
Continued from (10) by the Blessed Elder Joseph οf Vatopaidi THE SAINT’S REPOSE On March 1,1868, blessed Papoulakis was resting...
Continued from (9) by the Blessed Elder Joseph οf Vatopaidi Olga Sophianou of Kionio recounts that a fellow villager of...
Continued from (8) by the Blessed Elder Joseph οf Vatopaidi K. Koutsouvelis from Kionio recounted that a certain man from...
Like so many other aspects of our spiritual life, emptiness cannot replace fullness. To trust in God and to rejoice...
Continued from (7) by the Blessed Elder Joseph οf Vatopaidi Being clairvoyant, the Elder knew what happened, and when the...
Continued from (6) by the Blessed Elder Joseph οf Vatopaidi VARIOUS MIRACLES OF SAINT JOACHIM A woman named Roza, of...
Continued from (5) by the Blessed Elder Joseph οf Vatopaidi It is feasible for a person to know things and...
Continued from (4) by Elder Joseph οf Vatopaidi HIS RETURN TO HESYCHIA When the tempest of the war subsided by...
