Category Orthodoxy

Chrismation

In direct connection with the Holy Sacrament of Baptism stands the Holy Sacrament of Chrismation, which is performed together with baptism.Chrismation is a Holy Sacrament in which a special substance, Holy Chrism, is used to anoint all parts of the…

Holy Unction

Consecration of Oil – Healing of the Body and Connection with the Body of Christ The Holy Mystery of the consecration of oil has an inseparable connection with the Eucharist as the Mystery of the Future Age. It was established…

Memorial Service

“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.” These are Paul’s words from his epistle that remind us, in the difficult…

Slava

The deep meaning of celebration lies in the most sublime ideal of our people – the ideal of the holy man, which is: a man freed from earthly kingdom, a man pure from injustice and vanity, a man filled with…