Liturgy in our church
It is known that the liturgy is the greatest thing in Orthodoxy. Our Church is primarily a liturgical Church and the faithful are primarily attached to the liturgy. But […]
The wheat of chanters and the school of repentance
The Church in general, in the third and fourth centuries AD, encouraged singing among believers. There is a three-dimensional reality that prompted this: connection
In music and its influence, and in educating hearing
God created the senses in the body, so that they would be the mind’s gateways to the outside world, and through them the mind would receive its spiritual nourishment[1]... from
Tarteel and dhariya
Atheism transforms the Church into a universal institution, but does not abolish it. Many have dealt with secularism from several aspects, religious and non-religious, but they...
Secret reading of fashins instead of audible reading - reasons and dates
Introduction: Today, according to the liturgical books, all the verses except for the verses behind the pulpit are read by the priest secretly and inaudibly from the people.
Music in church worship
There is no service in the Orthodox Church that does not make extensive use of singing and singing. Why is church worship expressed in melody? start
Musical theology in the music of the Greek Orthodox Church, the music of angels
1- Introduction: The music of our Greek Orthodox Church[2] comes from the 19th century Chrysanthusian reform. This reform overturned the musical philosophy from planetary-angelic
Birth icon
The icon before us presents the Gospel event clearly and simply to the eye. The event was conveyed in harmonious shapes and colors, as organized by Saint Romanos the Psalmist
Transfiguration icon
The icon of the Transfiguration is the icon of the divine light that was announced to the apostles. Saint Basil the Great said, “The light that appeared on Mount Tabor in...
Icon of Christ Almighty
Applying modern critical approaches to the art of icon painting is not sufficient, in itself, to understand these church images in all their dimensions. this
Forgiveness of sins
If we return to the Holy Bible, we see that the believer’s confession of his sins took place in front of all the people. And the tax collector repented of his sins
Confession is a necessary need, as there is no salvation without it
This is taught to us by the holy fathers, including Bishop Isaiah, who says: “If there is no repentance, no human being will be saved. Just as we purified