Philip is another of the apostles who has been rescued from the oblivion of the fourth Gospel. The first three Gospels record nothing about him except his name. In the fourth Gospel Philip figures most prominently and becomes a person and a personality. Like the brothers, Peter and Andrew, Philip Read more
James the son of Alphaeus is one of the more obscure of Jesus’ twelve disciples. His name appears in each of the four lists of the disciples in the New Testament found in Matthew 10: 2–4, Mark 3: 14–19, Luke 6: 13–16, and Acts 1: 13. But not much else Read more
Judas often called Jude in English is variously named. Jerome called him Thaddaeus Trinomius, which means a man with three names. In Mark he is Thaddeus. In Matthew he is called Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddeus. He is variously named, but this is not surprising. Before Crucifixion, there was a Read more
Please read the lesson before the class, try to understand as much as you can 🙏🏻 Also, read lessons 2 & 3 of Rituals are Meaningful on Holy Baptism & Holy Matrimony as revision Peter is the name by which we know best this apostle, who is named first, in Read more
St. Barnabas was not one of the twelve chosen by the Lord, he is referred to as an apostle on account of the special commission he received from the Holy Spirit and his apostolic work. His original name was Joseph (Acts 4: 36), meaning Jehovah increases or God will add. Read more
Bartholomew is mentioned sixth in the Synoptic Gospels, after the name of Philip and seventh in the list of Acts and not mentioned in the Gospel of John (Matt. 10:3; Mk. 3:18; Lk. 6:14; and Acts 1:13). St. John refers to him as Nathaniel (Jn. 1: 45-49, 21: 2). The Read more
St. Mina was born in A.D. 285 in the town Nakiyos in Egypt. His father Eudoxius, a governor and mother Euphemia were childless for long time. Euphemia went to a Church in Attrib on the feast day of the Virgin Mary and sought with tears her intercession to grant her Read more
St. Cyril, a distinguished Champion of Orthodoxy and a great teacher of the Church, was born in the town of Theodosion, Lower Egypt, in an illustrious and pious Christian family. He studied the secular sciences, including philosophy, but most of all he strove to acquire knowledge of the Holy Scriptures and Read more
The Early Church Fathers taught that the New Testament is hidden in the Old and the Old Testament is revealed of fulfilled in the New. Let us examine few facts about Cross, embedded and foreshadowed in the Holy Scriptures. In the middle of the Garden of Eden, God planted two Read more
The Holy Cross is the most significant object in the sanctuary and holds a unique powerful place, in the Christian faith, Christian tradition and in the worship of the Orthodox Church. It is kept at the top center of the Holy Altar, placed directly in between the Candlesticks, to be Read more