Saul was brought up as an exact Jew. His religious nature, deep rooted Jewish piety and Jewish faith made him a persecutor of the Christian Church, with a fanatic zeal and raging fury. His aim was to destroy Christian Church. Paul played a vital role in bringing St. Stephen, before Read more
St. Paul is the invaluable wealth of Christian Church, just after Christ and Scripture. It is said that while Christianity begins with Jesus, there is a second beginning to Christianity in Paul. He who is remembered as the Pharisee who admitted that, ‘I am the first among sinners’, started his Read more
The Sign of the Cross is a holy, life-giving symbol of our salvation, the principal symbol of the Christian religion, symbol of our deliverance and emblem of the mercy of God, giving redemption to sinful man. It is a symbol of recalling the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the redeeming benefits of his Passion and death. A Read more
“I tell you, among those born of women, no one is greater than John…let the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” Luke 7: 28 St John the Baptist, one of the most prominent and powerful; influential and impressive personality in all history, is this man who Read more
‘He who seeks not the Cross of Christ, Seeks not the Glory of Christ’ – St John of the Cross The veneration of the Cross is a topic, which many Orthodox Christians are confused about. The fact is that we worship Crucified Christ not the cross-shaped wood. We venerate the Read more
The New Testament tells nothing but his name and even the legend and tradition is silent about him, yet a towering and an important spiritual figure of the NT . St. James is not among the first twelve apostles. Truly little is known of them and there is much speculation Read more
Andrew is often known as the man, who introduced others to Jesus. Andrew was a native of Bethsaida of Galilee (Jn. 1: 44). He was the son of John / Jonas (Matt. 16: 17; Jn. 1: 42; and brother of Simon Peter (Matt. 10: 2; Jn. 1: 40). Both were Read more
The Apostles’ fast is one among the five canonical fasts in the Orthodox Churches. The fourth fast of our liturgical year, ‘The Apostles’ Fast’ (‘Pathimoonnu nombu’ or ‘Sleeha Nombu’ is from June 16 until June 28. The dates, days, duration, and intensity of the Apostles Fast vary in the differently, Read more
“And it came to pass in those days, that He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when morning came, He called unto Him His disciples: and of them He chose twelve, whom also He named apostles” (Lk. 6: 12, 13). Read more
One would say that Judas Iscariot was the supreme enigma of the New Testament, the Apostle who betrayed his own divine master. Very little is told about him in the New Testament, beyond the bare facts of his name in the apostolate, his treachery and his death. We are told Read more