Parish Structure & Dynamics
The parish requires a proper Christian structure and administration in order to provide worship, education, pastoral care, spiritual direction, evangelism, and philanthropy. The head of the parish in its total […]
The parish requires a proper Christian structure and administration in order to provide worship, education, pastoral care, spiritual direction, evangelism, and philanthropy. The head of the parish in its total […]
In the Bulgakov Handbook for servers it states: On the feast of Transfiguration grapes are blessed, and in those places in [such as] Russia where grapes do not grow apples […]
One of the more unique aspects to a hierarchal liturgy in the Orthodox Church is the vesting of the bishop on the cathedra in the center of the Temple before […]
The bishop is the first and highest degree of the clergy in the Orthodox Church (επίσκοπος or episkopos in Greek, which means overseer). A bishop is the successor to the […]