https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles Homilies, reflections, teachings, and pastoral letters from Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Cathedral, Jersey City. en-us https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/god-is-wonderful-in-his-saints https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/god-is-wonderful-in-his-saints Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Teaching Who are the people imaged on our walls with radiant light around their heads? On saints, their icons, and their relics: not a pagan intrusion, but the apostolic faith itself. https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/the-three-stranded-rope https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/the-three-stranded-rope Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Reflection The three classical disciplines of the Christian life have been inseparable since the first century, and each one corrupts without the other two. https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/right-praise https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/right-praise Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Teaching Orthodoxia means right praise before it means right belief, and the order matters. On rootedness, the Creed, and why this Church refuses to update itself. https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/the-age-of-iconoclasm https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/the-age-of-iconoclasm Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Teaching For over a century the Christian empire tried to strip the churches of their images. The story of the iconoclast controversy, the Seventh Council, and the Sunday we still celebrate. https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/how-to-read-an-icon https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/how-to-read-an-icon Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Teaching Icons are not portraits and were never meant to be. The gold, the strange perspective, the still faces: every choice is a sentence in a visual language you can learn. https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/a-beginners-guide-to-great-lent https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/a-beginners-guide-to-great-lent Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Teaching Forty days, a handful of unrepeatable services, and one destination. What actually happens during Great Lent, and how to walk through your first one. https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/when-you-fast https://www.peterandpaulcathedral.com/articles/when-you-fast Sun, 31 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Teaching The Church did not invent fasting. She received it, and she has never set it aside. What the discipline is actually for, and how to begin without hurting yourself.