November 4, 2025 Why the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council Are Commemorated Separately Every year, on the Sunday nearest to 29 July, the Church commemorates the Holy Fathers of the first six Ecumenical Councils. Over four centuries,…
October 21, 2025 Seven Principles for a Victorious Struggle Against Sin Many people recognize certain sinful habits in themselves and sincerely want to change, yet the same patterns keep returning. What are we to do?…
October 7, 2025 Saint Sergius of Radonezh: Architect of Russian Spirituality On 8 October (25 September), the Church commemorates the repose of Saint Sergius, Abbot of Radonezh, wonderworker of all Rus’. His veneration reaches back…
September 23, 2025 The Healing and the Image: The Woman with the Issue of Blood and the First Depiction of Christ Among the Gospel readings for September (Mark 5:24–34), we encounter the familiar and deeply moving account of the healing of the woman with the…
September 9, 2025 Voices of the Spirit: Understanding Prophets in the New Testament When we think of prophets, our minds often turn to the great figures of the Old Testament—men like Samuel, Elijah, and Isaiah. We rightly…
August 26, 2025 What Saint Seraphim’s Greeting Means—and Why It Matters Today Saint Seraphim of Sarov was the first saint canonised in the twentieth century. That fact itself carries a spiritual hint, a sign pointing to…
August 11, 2025 “Prayer is Your Air Defence”: Trench Lessons from Elder Paisios of Mount Athos Where would you expect to encounter a saint? In a monastery, perhaps? On an icon? Certainly—in church, in quiet prayer, in places hallowed by…
July 15, 2025 Athanasius of Kovrov: Devotion to Russian Saints for 35 Years In May of 1935, immediately following the opening of the Moscow Metro, an extraordinary religious procession took place in Stalin’s Moscow. Bishop Athanasius (Sakharov)…
July 1, 2025 How to Read the Lives of the Saints Without Missing What Matters Most What can we truly know about the men and women who lived more than a thousand years ago and are now numbered among the…
June 17, 2025 The Path to Salvation: Quality Over Quantity The question, “How many good deeds are needed to be saved?” has echoed through Christian thought for centuries. The Gospels urge us to perform…
June 2, 2025 “Father Nicholas, Help!” Three Miracles of Saint Nicholas That summer, I was alone in our village house while my husband was constantly away on business trips. Though our village was nearly deserted—only…
May 6, 2025 Easter’s First Witnesses: Why Women’s Testimony Shook the Ancient World The first to learn of the Lord’s Resurrection were “Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who…
