Lazarus Saturday
Fasting, in its exclusive sense, ends on the Friday following the fifth Sunday of Lent, when the forty-day period ends. The period of pain extends [...]
Types and forms of preaching
A. Types of preaching: Many basic factors change in a sermon depending on the occasion. In addition to changing the topic, the ideal duration of the sermon, the tone, and the movement change.
Theodorus the Studite the Confessor
His upbringing and times Saint Theodoros was born in Constantinople in the year 759 AD, in the bosom of aristocracy. His time was characterized by a brutal war
Euthymius the Great, our righteous father who embraces God
Eftimios was born around the year 377 AD in Malatya, Armenia. His father's name is Paul and his mother's name is Dionysia. Both were prominent and virtuous. But they are
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12:1-18 - He anointed the Lord’s feet with perfume and entered Jerusalem
1 Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, the dead man, whom he had raised from the dead, was. 2
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Symbols in icons
In the Orthodox icon there are multiple symbols. We will try to understand the most important icon symbols found in our church, especially the ones most used in