St. John the Forerunner

Lighting candles is an important part of Orthodox worship. We light them as we pray, making an offering to accompany our prayers. Ortho...

The traditional posture for prayer and worship in the Orthodox Church is to stand. In “Orthodox countries” there are usually no pews in t...

From apostolic times, Christians have been guided by general rules so that the worship of God should be ordered fittingly and reverently, ...

The descendants of Esau were spurned [by God] because he was a fornicator and a defilement (Rom. 9:13). Rehoboam lost the greater part o...

When God created man, He planted something divine into him — a certain conception — a spark that has both light and warmth. The concepti...