This year, on May 19, we celebrated Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and the holy Theotokos. Traditionally, this is marked as the beginning of the Church. It is fitting that ...

“All the faithful, that is the laity and the monks, are obliged to fast seven days and more, and whoever refuses to do so, let him be excommunicated from the Christian community.” Theodore Balsamon, ...

In the Eastern Church, the time following Pentecost is devoted to fasting as a way to prepare for our mission as disciples of Jesus Christ. Most of us are very familiar with Lent and the various ...

Lord! How characteristic it is of human beings to attract and assimilate images, to settle into them and reside in them—whilst for them, as being made in Thine image, it should be natural to strive ...