In the Eastern Churches, we are encouraged to give the Lord more than a single hour on His Day, not to mention throughout the week. Private prayer, reading, fellowship groups, visiting the sick or infirm, all are appropriate ways of sanctifying the Lord’s Day. Saturday evening can be, and is intended to be, a time of anticipation and preparation. Attending Vespers and confession are two public ways of preparing, but you may also reflect on the Scriptures (especially the readi

We often hear the phrase “there’s a time and place for everything,” and though we may use it to correct our children (or remember being told similarly as children ourselves), there is also a time for the Lord. The fourth Mosaic commandment made this clear for the Jews: “Six days shall you labor and perform all your tasks. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it; neither shall your sons or daughters or your servants: not even the c a