Fr. John Whiteford

Question: "What is the meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles?" The feast of Tabernacles (or Booths) was one the three great feas...

Question: "What does the word "Gehenna" mean?" Most English Bibles translate three different Greek words as "H...

Question: "Why do we change colors of vestments and Icon stand covers? I know these are done according to church practices. However,...

Balaam and his Ass (Numbers 22:21-38) We have previously discussed Aristotle Papanikolaou's strange notion that, unlike the dogm...

St. Augustine arguing with Donatists Question: "I have a recent convert friend who is worried about the validity of his chrismatio...

Question: "I have heard that Christ quoted the Septuagint. Is there a listing of these quotes?" It is a generally recognized ...

The first question to ask before you get a Bible is what translation you should use. For an article on that question, see  An Orthodox Lo...

A Cambridge Cameo King James Bible, produced in the 70's Beauty in a Translation Matters For a number of years now, the best se...

The Maccabean Martyrs, which we read about in 2 Maccabees 7 ,  who are also referenced in Hebrews 11:35 Question: "Does the Ne...

Question: "What do the terms "apocrypha" and "deuterocanonical" mean, and how does the Orthodox Church view them...