Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

More to the Point: Should Nuns Light Their Icon Lamps?

09 July 2009

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

So, should nuns light their icon lamps when the “way of women” is upon them (cf. Gen. 31:35; RSV here et passim)? The short answer, of course, would be to direct the nuns to seek guidance from their ...

On “Ritual Impurity”: In Response to Sister Vassa (Larin)

05 July 2009

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

In a sort of deconstruction of the Orthodox tradition with respect to menstruating women’s participation in the liturgical life of the Church, Sister Vassa briefly examines the evidence of this ...

“The Social Principles of Jesus” and the Identity of Western Christianity

30 June 2009

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

It is said that Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) was “the leading spokesman for the theology of the Social Gospel in American Protestantism” (from the introduction by Pelikan, 586). Although a ...

The Ascension of our Lord

27 May 2009

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

The Gospel’s retelling of the Ascension is quite laconic. Christ said to the apostles His last words of comfort and hope (Luke 24:49); then, having walked to the top of the Mount of Olives, He ...

“Give me this water!”

16 May 2009

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

We continue to crawl, forgetting that the Saviour gave us wings. We measure a person by his or her achievements at work, by diplomas, by hobbies, or, like Tolstoy, how many apple trees he or she ...

Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearers

02 May 2009

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

How often in our lives we lose our faith when we must go through illness, inconvenience, suffering, and sorrow. At times it seems to us that our God is dead, that He does not hear us, that some armed ...

On the Importance of Prayer

15 March 2009

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

We are often very successful at learning highly complex subject-matters, mastering very sophisticated skills, and becoming experts in our area of work or study. Yet, when it comes to prayer, too ...

Mental Imagery in Eastern Orthodox Private Devotion

12 March 2009

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

Unlike Roman Catholicism, the Orthodox Tradition does not encourage the use of mental imagery. In fact, it almost appears to forbid sensory imagination during prayer altogether. In the words of one ...

What is Orthodoxy?

07 March 2009

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

To be in the Church, we must live the life of the Church—with its fasts and feasts, its services and sacraments—all has been established for our benefit. Every time we disobey the Church, every time ...

Forgiveness Sunday

28 February 2009

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

Forgiveness is not the same as finding excuses for the actions of another. Making up excuses for the actions of another person is not forgiveness, but judgment, thinly veiled with a search for ...

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