A friend sent me a photo of an icon he recently bought. It was an icon of St. Stephen, an early deacon in the Church. I recognized some of the attributes that marked him out as a deacon, but not
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Deacons and Iconography
Our Sports Season Has Arrived!
If the Orthodox Church were a sports team (or a ballet or musical group!), we would say that we’ve entered into our season!
Read moreThe Consecration of an Altar
How is an Orthodox altar installed? Are there really relics in them? What’s the symbolism of the altar? All that and more!
Read moreChrist’s Cave of Wonders!
Back by popular demand (from December 2015)! Was Christ born in the western manger or the eastern cave? Click below to dip deeper into the birth of Jesus!
Read moreChristmas Before Jesus’ Birth
Did Jews celebrate Christmas before Jesus was born? I think they did! (Click below to read)
Read moreSt Elias Founders’ Memorial
Memory Eternal to the Founders of St. Elias the Prophet. Your dream carries us forward into the 21st century.
Read moreLoving Action
The Good Samaritan redefines who are our neighbor is, but it also warns us that if we can’t see “the other” as our neighbor, then we may be left alongside the road to die!
Read moreThe Reformation and the Orthodox
Today is Reformation Day. What, exactly, does that mean? Was it truly a Reformation or was it something else? Also, what does the Orthodox Church have to do with the Reformation?
Read moreWeakly Apostles…tsk, tsk, tsk
The greatest gift the apostles had to convert the Roman Empire was their weakness!
Read moreQuantity or Quality?
What sort of Christian is preferred? One of quantity or one of quality?
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