Holy Monday and Tuesday: Bridegroom Matins 7pm. The first thing that must be said about these services, and most of the other services of Holy Week, is that they are “sung” in anticipation. Each service is rotated ahead twelve hours. The evening service, therefore, is actually the service of the next morning, while the morning…
Someone once said, when asked why they find it so important to attend church regularly, that they go to church because for them; “The church is where I find my reality.” Wow…what a statement. Not only is that comment full of humilty…but also full of truth! For us, as Christians, the simple truth…is that we believe our…
Is Orthodoxy a Religion? by Fr. John Romanides This is an excerpt from the upcoming book Patristic Theology, The University Lectures of Father John Romanides, by Uncut Mountain Press. Many are of the opinion that Orthodoxy is just one religion among many and that its chief concern is to prepare the mem-bers of the Church…
