March 25, 2019 Annunciation: the Challenge of Rejecting our Self-Interest In both Eastern and Western liturgical traditions, March 25th marks a special event in the life of Jesus Christ: His conception in the womb…
March 25, 2019 Spiritual Readings for Great Lent Lent seems like a long time at the beginning, but it can pass you by quickly, if you don’t make a point of…
March 25, 2019 Convent’s Fathers Say: “Find Yourself and Find Your Own Way to Serve God” By Fr. Sergius Nezhbort Sometimes we have to embrace the reality and accept the circumstances of our lives as they are. It doesn’t mean…
March 24, 2019 “The Light of God’s Love”: Fr. Andrey Lemeshonok on His Spiritual Father Word of the Spiritual Father of St Elisabeth Convent. When I first visited Father Nicholas on Zalita Island, he was celebrating a liturgy. The…
March 24, 2019 “Every One of Us Must Carry that Light!” The Bible tells us that Holy Prophet Moses shone like the sun after his conversation with God. He had to cover his face to…
March 22, 2019 When and Why Did The Tradition of Giving Communion on a Spoon Arise? Archimandrite Alypius (Svetlichny) on the history and symbolism of liturgical utensils. What Vessels and Diskoses Were Used for the Eucharist After the Edict of…
March 22, 2019 The Jesus Prayer for the Beginners One of the most important prayers in the Orthodox Tradition is the “Jesus Prayer.” It is not long or complicated, simply, “Lord Jesus…
March 22, 2019 Miraculous Salvation of Metropolitan Joseph by the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste We would like to present to our readers a story of the ever-memorable Metropolitan Joseph (Chernov; 1893–1975) about how he one day nearly died…
March 21, 2019 – “What’s Your Father’s Name?” – “The Satan!” A priest was walking down the street and met a five- or six-year-old boy. The boy was barefoot with soiled legs, disheveled hair, and…
March 21, 2019 “At Confession, All of Your Sins Are Either Forgiven or not Forgiven” When people come to a confession, they sometimes try to list all their possible sins, including the most insignificant ones (e.g., I ate a…
March 20, 2019 Human Fates in St. Elisabeth Convent: Nun Vera (Gordienko), Part II Another Planet “It was extremely difficult for me to adapt to life in the Convent in all its aspects at first,” Nun Vera continues….
March 20, 2019 Do We Know What the Chalice that Jesus Used for His Last Ritual Passover Supper Looked Like? Archimandrite Alypius (Svetlichny) on the history and symbolism of liturgical utensils. It is lamentable sometimes that there are so few descriptions and details in…
