A church renovation often starts with one wish: new seating, different lighting or replacement carved furnishings. Questions about dimensions, transport, responsibilities and cost soon follow. A shared written brief helps the parish committee make decisions without losing details across messages,...
Choosing a censer for a parish should begin with the person who will use it. A photograph helps compare designs, but cannot show how an item feels in the hand, how its chains move or what care it needs. A...
On 8 November, the Church honours the angels and archangels who watch over and protect human life. Read our article to learn more.
The Orthodox Church played an important role in the Greek struggle against Nazi occupation. Read our article to learn more.
Today the Orthodox Church celebrates the Hieromartyr Socrates. Information about the Hieromartyr is scanty, but his person is often identified with Saint Socrates, Presbyter in Ancyra. Saint Socrates lived in the 3rd century AD, when Alexander Severus was king Presbyter...
This article is part of the series Orthodoxy on the borders. In this series, we will travel together through the Orthodox World with the aim of finding all the places where Orthodoxy has been transmitted over the years. Orthodoxy is...
On 2 October the Church commemorates Saint Cyprian and Saint Justina. The Cyprian discussed here is associated with Antioch and should not be confused with the bishop of Carthage of the same name. According to his life, he practised magic...
Today we honor the memory of the Hieromartyr Phocas of Sinope. His parents Pamphylos, who worked as a shipbuilder, and Maria, spread Christianity to Phocas. He himself nurtured the flame of pure Faith and warm piety in his heart. Phocas,...
Anna, truly you surpass all mothers,until your own daughter becomes a mother.On the eighth day Anna brought the Mother of God into the world.The opening Greek verses praise Anna, whose daughter would become the Mother of God, and mark the...
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