If you plan to place, complete or change bells in your Temple, pay attention to the following: 1. A good bell depends first on the foundry, the right metal and the right mold. The casting of the bell should be done carefully and the secret of success is hidden in the right metal and in […]
“Ecclesiastical art” is the art with which we make objects, which we use to worship God and which are either inside or outside the temple. The iconostasis itself, created from carved wood or marble, is in itself a work of art. There are also priestly vestments and covers of the Holy Table which are gold […]
Nothing is accidental in the Orthodox Church. Everything has been meticulously studied and has its own utility and importance. The Fathers of our Church ordained the faithful entering the temple, to participate in worship and thanksgiving, to leave the worldly for the time being and to enter the realm of the supersensible. That is why […]
The church of our parish is the center of our life. There we received the wish when our mother was sprinkled, there we were baptized, there we were anointed, there we were sanctified, there we laid the foundation of our life with the Mystery of Marriage. Inside the Holy Temple we experienced joys but also […]
The word candela comes from the Latin candela = candle. In the Orthodox Church the Candle is placed in front of the holy icons. What is placed in front of the Crucified One, inside the Holy Altar, is always kept lit and that is why it is called the “sleepless” Candle. A Candle is also […]
All things within the Church have their symbolism. The words of Saint Gregory Palamas are characteristic: “Every rite and every particular element of it, even the most apparently small and insignificant, is a symbol and embodies the truth which it symbolizes, and therefore has power and reasons and significance.” One of these symbols is the […]
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