October 14, 2021 A Miraculous Change of Heart on the Feast Day of Protection My god-daughter Veronica presents the image of a grown-up, independent and successful person. She is a fourth-grader just past her tenth birthday and a…
October 14, 2021 Spiritual Revelation and Self-Sacrifice In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Today the Holy Church, in Russia and in a small number…
October 13, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 25 Part 24 Galaktotrophousa We walked out of the church and sat in silence near the rocket-bell tower, still dwelling in our inner spaces. Again,…
October 13, 2021 “Why Wait?” or Tearing into a Christmas Present before Christmas One question that young singles often ask when confronted with the Church’s traditional teaching that one should not engage in sex until marriage is…
October 12, 2021 Father Tikhon, the Last Russian Elder on Mount Athos Elder Tikhon (Timofei Golenkov) was born in 1884 in Novaya Mikhailovka, a remote Siberian village. His parents were devout believers and raised their son…
October 11, 2021 Wisdom of the Athonite Monks In 12 Heartfelt Quotes Mount Athos, the Holy Mountain, stands as the venerable center of Orthodox monasticism, where the pursuit of stillness and prayer has preserved a profound…
October 11, 2021 “The Lord Gives us a Chance for Salvation” People with materialistic beliefs are often overwhelmed by doubt when they see evil-doers prosper and live long lives, while those trying to stay true…
October 10, 2021 General Abandonment of Reading Is a Path to Loss of Mental and Physical Health As we celebrate the National Library Day in empty libraries, we have to acknowledge that we read books less and less these days, not…
October 9, 2021 And unto the Angel of the Church of Russia Write… When the apostle Peter had already established the Church of God in Rome by his testimony, and St. Paul had planted Churches all throughout…
October 8, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 24 Part 23 It Is Truly Meet I have no talent for languages. Like many, I learned them unsystematically. In school I had no motivation…
October 8, 2021 How to Respect a Saint or an Angel in North America? A Protestant friend of mine who is sympathetic to Orthodoxy and likes icons recently felt he had to draw the line. On a weekday service…
October 7, 2021 Three Icons of Famous Astronaut Alexey Leonov: First One Was Taken Away, Second Went on a Space Mission, Third He Painted Himself To people with even a limited knowledge of space history, Alexey Leonov does not need an introduction. He went on the first spacewalk in…
