August 20, 2021 Spiritual teachings of Saint Anatoly of Optina The Holy Venerable Anatoly (Potapov) of Optina was a cell attendant of Saint Ambrose of Optina. He received from Saint Ambrose the gift of…
August 19, 2021 The Transfiguration – The Other Great Forgotten Feast The Holy Transfiguration, August 6 (19), is one of the Great Feasts of the Church – but I’ll bet if you asked Americans “What…
August 19, 2021 About the Kingdom of Heaven. Transfiguration Matthew 17: 1-9 2 Pet. 1: 10-19 The Lord spoke much about the Kingdom of Heaven. In His first sermon He said that it…
August 17, 2021 Suffering from Pain but Healing Others: Saint Manefa’s Story Ask some people about their attitude to God, and they will be evasive. But there is a way of knowing if someone is a…
August 17, 2021 Camping Out I read a study that says that if you have insomnia, the best thing to do is to go camping for a week. The…
August 16, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 9 Part 8 Sea, Urchins and Retsina We went to the shore. What looked like sand to us turned out to be fine gravel, but…
August 14, 2021 Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok: “Holiness Is a Whole New Life” Each of us has a heavenly patron praying for us before the throne of God. It takes faith to recognize a saint. Holiness cannot…
August 13, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 8 Part 7 In Ouranoupoli At 14 o’clock we returned to Thessaloniki airport and met with Georgievich, who had flown in from Moscow. Then we…
August 13, 2021 Things You Wanted to Know about Confession but Were Always Afraid to Ask During the worship services at our churches, we may notice a line of people waiting to confess. A priest is standing patiently at the…
August 12, 2021 Conversation about Passions, Thoughts and Spiritual Warfare There is a forest on Mount Athos surrounding the Prodromou Romanian hermitage in the Vigla Desert, not far from the sea. In this place…
August 12, 2021 Little Eagles Camp — Building a Christian Community This year, Saint Elisabeth Convent launched its Little Eagles Camp initiative to give children aged 7 – 14 an opportunity to spend an exciting…
August 11, 2021 St Peter’s Fish Do you remember the Gospel episode where Christ tells Peter to take the coin out of a fish’s mouth? It turns out that this…
