by Alan Pell Crawford Artist finds solace after deep depression and mountainside fall It’s a quiet summer morning at St. Cyprian of Carthage Orthodox Church on a country road in Midlothian. Seraphim O’Keefe, born Conor O’Keefe on Christmas Day in 1982, has been painting images on the church walls since 6 a.m. Because it is […]
The Great Miracle Given by God Only to the Orthodox Church
The Ceremony of the Holy Light in Jerusalem: This ceremony takes place in the Orthodox Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem in such a way that bewilders the soul of the Christians. On Easter Saturday, at noon, the Orthodox Patriarch, or any other Orthodox Archbishop, enters the Holy Sepulchre, recites special prayers and remains waiting. […]