Orthodox Gladness

On this day, the Tuesday of St. Thomas week, according to the order instituted by our Holy Fathers, we call to remembrance, in Paschal joy, ...

Commemorated on May 1st Some icons depicting this event are inscribed “The Doubting Thomas.” This is incorrect. In Greek, the inscription re...

The icon "Prepolovanie" Mid-Pentecost depicts a 12-year-old boy Jesus teaching the elders. He rises above them on a magnificent th...

Midfeast of Pentecost is the midpoint of the fifty days between the Feasts of Pascha and Pentecost. This is an ancient Christian feast alrea...

When Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to Thy tomb to annoint Thy body, O Christ God, they found an angel sitting on the stone and he s...

This is a feast of a woman's heart ... The holy myrrh-bearers loved the Lord with all their hearts, followed him, listened to him, serve...

The prayer to the Holy Spirit, "O Heavenly King", said in almost every Orthodox prayer service is NOT said from Paschal matins (th...

  Commemorated on May 9 Some icons depicting this event are inscribed “The Doubting Thomas.” This is incorrect. In Greek, the inscription re...