Can Icons Become Idols?
Question: The point that you made, Robert, about the use of icons in liturgy was understood. However, what might it look like for icons in an individual’s home? Where are the warning against idolatry...
View ArticleEschatological Discipleship
Every year in preparation for Lent the Orthodox Church celebrates the Sunday of the Last Judgment. On this Sunday we hear the Parable of the Sheep and Goats (Matthew 25:31-46). It is sobering to be...
View Article“My Wife is Absolutely Opposed”
Recently, Father Evan Armatas was fielding telephone calls on Orthodoxy Live when one listener called in with a particularly vexing dilemma. The caller wants to become Orthodox, but his wife is dead...
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Honoring the Dead
And Other Weird Orthodox Stuff For Protestant inquirers, Orthodoxy is more beautiful, glorious, wilder, and weirder than they would imagine. They hear ancient prayers chanted in dark churches...
View ArticlePreparing for Lent
The Orthodox Church prepares for Lent by observing a series of Sundays, each with a particular theme. On the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, the Orthodox faithful hear one of Jesus’ well known parables...
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