October 24, 2019 406 1 The Mysteries of Optina Monastery Optina Monastery… When Eldress Sepphora was reaching her 100th year of life, she walked through the ruins of Optina Monastery in the late 1980s,…
October 23, 2019 34 0 “Derzhavny Glas-2019”: Best Moments Annually, we meet old friends and find new ones, enjoy beautiful voices and hearken to prayer words. And we respond to God’s voice with…
October 23, 2019 447 0 Talent for Looking into the Heart At the age of 35, Saint Ambrose of Optina became completely handicapped and could hardly move for the rest of his life; however, he…
October 23, 2019 98 0 Joy Is Hope That Will Not Disappoint Us As with the concepts of love and peace, so the concept of joy has undergone some redefinition and is misunderstood. Many today understand joy…
October 23, 2019 175 0 Icon of the Mother of God of Zograf (Foreteller) The icon was glorified in the Bulgarian Zograf monastery on Mount Athos in the 13th century, during the first attempts to impose a union…
October 22, 2019 596 0 Why God Is More Important to Christians than Their Own Children? In 137, a pious woman Sofia, lived in Rome. She had three daughters – twelve-year-old Faith, ten-year-old Hope and nine-year-old Love. All of them…
October 22, 2019 88 0 With Him Before Our Unblinking Eyes, We Can Walk on Water Love, peace, and joy are the defining components of a Christian life. It is these realities that constitute fundamental discipleship to Christ, not obedience…
October 22, 2019 631 0 Saint Sebastian of Karaganda: Teachings Saint Sebastian began his monastic journey in the Optina Pustyn. He was a cell attendant of Elder Joseph, who came to be his great spiritual…
October 21, 2019 213 0 “You Must Return Your Ticket Today!” – an Episode described by Spiritual Daughter of St. Sebastian of Karaganda October 22 is the memory of St. Sebastian of Karaganda (1884-1966), a former monk of the Optina Pustyn who spent seven years in a…
October 21, 2019 68 0 Saint Father Sergius, Pray to God for Us! Commemoration day of St. Sergius of Radonezh is always a special feast in the Convent. He is a helper on the path of salvation…