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  1. Melista

    Orthodox Icon Question

    *Orthodox Topic* I was curious if anyone knows if there’s a significance to why many Icons have a distinctive line on Christ’s or the Saint’s neck?
  2. Melista

    Head coverings for women

    *Orthodox Topic* Hello everyone, I’m newly received into Orthodoxy. I’ve been feeling I should be wearing a head covering during services despite very few women (less than 5) at our parish wearing one. Although I feel like I should be wearing one at the same time it seems awkward because I’m...
  3. Melista

    Is it acceptable to give the priest a monetary gift for our baptism & chrismation?

    We would like to do something special for our priest for his time and effort receiving us tomorrow. We did give him a handmade Orthodox Cross for teaching our catechism classes and he seemed to like it. I don’t want to offend him if giving a thank you card with money is frowned upon. I’d...
  4. Melista

    Ancient Faith Radio App

    I just got a message when I tried to use my AFR App that it had been cancelled? I was wondering if anyone has information about this? Thank you
  5. Melista

    How to make a wooden 3 bar Orthodox Cross

    ☦️ We are wanting to make a couple wooden 3 bar Orthodox Crosses as thank you gifts for the priest teaching our catechumen classes and our sponsors. I’ve searched and searched but can’t find the specifications for the distance between the bars and proper width to height. I found them for the...