In earlier days it was thought, for example, that a funeral, monastic tonsure, the blessing of icons and the blessing of water at Theophany were…
In the Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church and in some other churches, it is said that there are seven sacraments: Baptism, Chrismation, Holy Communion,…
Light is associated with the coming of Christ. In the Old Testament, the prophet Isaiah points forward to the coming of the Messiah in the…
In the Orthodox Church, bishops, priests, deacons and altar servers wear special clothing during the services These special clothes are called vestments. They are usually…
Depending on how big the iconostasis is, there may be rows of different kinds of saints, but again, the placement is not arbitrary but follows…
The important thing to realize is that in the Old Testament it made sense to forbid the making of images of God. After all, God…