On the first Monday of the month, I answer readers’ questions about Eastern Orthodoxy. Feel free to leave your questions in the comments, email them to me, or tweet them to me! In my last AAO post, I talked about Orthodox fasting, but today I want to address Orthodox feasting. I did not grow up …
You may have noticed I haven’t been running the Ask About Orthodoxy series lately. I felt like Orthodoxy was taking over my blog, and I needed to step back for a bit and reflect. I definitely want to address Orthodoxy here, but I also want to write about other topics. So I will continue to …
Today at church we celebrated the Feast of the Nativity (Birth) of the Theotokos (Mary). Fr. Stephen pointed out that the liturgical year begins on September 1, and the first feast of the church calendar is Mary’s birth. The last one, celebrated on August 15, is her death (called “Dormition” in the Orthodox Church). Thus, …
