The Wheel #15. Behold, I make all things new. Fall 2018

The Joy of Meeting the Saints in the West

In December 2017, the icon exhibition Saints of the Undivided Church opened at the National Art Museum of Belarus in Minsk. It presented icons of the ancient saints of the West up to the Great Schism of 1054.

The Wheel #1. Orthodox Identity. Spring 2015

They Never Met… Church and Civil Society in Present-Day Russia

I have to begin by admitting that this is a difficult topic for me. The recent history of Russia fills me with sadness and bitterness, and by history I mean the course of political, social, and religious life. At the same time, though, this is a chance to look directly and honestly at what has[…..]

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The Wheel #23. Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?. Fall 2020

Death and the Priest: Review of Alexander Schmemann, The Liturgy of Death

The title of this series of lectures by Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, published as a book in English and Russian, may cause dismay and confusion. But I would like to warn the reader against getting into an argument about the title without opening the book.