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Baptism and Chrismation, Part 1
View MoreIn earlier days it was thought, for example, that a funeral, monastic tonsure, the blessing of icons and the blessing of water at Theophany were…
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The Orthodox Faith – The Church Building (5B)
View MoreLight is associated with the coming of Christ. In the Old Testament, the prophet Isaiah points forward to the coming of the Messiah in the…
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The Orthodox Faith – The Church Building (5A)
View MoreIn the Orthodox Church, bishops, priests, deacons and altar servers wear special clothing during the services These special clothes are called vestments. They are usually…
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The Orthodox Faith – The Church Building (4c)
View MoreDepending on how big the iconostasis is, there may be rows of different kinds of saints, but again, the placement is not arbitrary but follows…