- The Holy Gospel tells us that the first word which the Lord said to the myrrh-bearing women who saw Him after His resurrection was an appeal to joy: “Rejoice!”
- Further: 'Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His Saints' (Psalm 119:6). What, then, is more precious than to be in the hand of God?
- The wisdom of the Fathers of the Church is central to the Orthodox way of life as today's inheritors of the "true faith and Church" passed on in its purest form.
- The Syriac Orthodox calendar begins with the Consecration of the Church (qoodosh `idto) which falls on the last Sunday of October if it happens to be the 30th...
- It is the standard Resurrection service of the Orthodox Church around the world. The Divine Liturgy is divided into 3 distinct parts
- Lord’s Pascha, 2022. ... PROTOCOL NO. 1 of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. 31 August / 13 September 2021.
- The three day fast of the Ninevites ܨܘܡܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ (sawmo d-ninwoyé) begins on the Monday three weeks prior to the commencement of the Great Lent.
- a parish of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, the Orthodox Church in America. ... Here are some of the questions visitors ask: Read more . . .
- In earlier times, there were no black vestments in the Orthodox Church, although the everyday clothing of the clergy, especially the monastics, was black.