August 1, 2020 For 47 Years He Lived in Exploits of Asceticism, Silence, and Seclusion This is how Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh described the exploits of Saint Seraphim of Sarov: “Saint Seraphim lost everything willingly; he abandoned his home,…
July 31, 2020 900 Days of Faith This church in St. Petersburg is called “Siege Church”, because it was built in the early 21st century in memory of the city residents…
July 30, 2020 Svyatogorsk Icon of the Mother of God During the reign of John the Terrible in 1563, a native of Voronichi, a suburb of Pskov, a fifteen-year-old shepherd Timothy saw a Tenderness…
July 29, 2020 Is the Origin of the World a Miracle or a Natural Process? – the Holy Fathers Explain The difference between the biblical and evolutionary narratives of the origin of the world is obvious for most people. However, not everyone thinks why…
July 28, 2020 “Give Her the Communion before She Comes Out of the Coma!” – the Wonderful Story of a Priest from a Hospital Church For fifteen years I served in the church at the city clinical hospital No. 70 in Novogireevo. There were a lot of needs, and…
July 28, 2020 The Baptism by Fire: Did It Actually Happen? It is believed that the Holy Prince Vladimir baptized Russia with “fire and sword” that is by force. He allegedly ordered to kill dissenters…
July 27, 2020 “I Was Afraid to Tell My Jewish Father that We Were Baptized.” I was born in a Jewish family. My father was an Assistant Rabbi. We didn’t go to synagogue often, but celebrated the feast days…
July 26, 2020 He Said It Would Hurt A Lot, And Then He Crossed Me: How One Man Met A Saint During The War This is an amazing story I recently heard from a war veteran from Petrozavodsk. His name is Dmitry Moskalev, he is 97 years old….
July 26, 2020 What to Do when Life Reaches a Dead End? Who among us is insured against deadlock situations in life? We all tend to fall into a dead end that, as it seems, has…
July 24, 2020 Air Is Like God… Air is like God. It is always near, and you can’t see it. You learn how necessary it is when you lack it. Sun…
July 24, 2020 Building an Orthodox Parish A large part of the problem with some Orthodox parishes (at least of my acquaintance) is not lack of money or lack of a…
July 23, 2020 Practical Tips: Before and After Communion There are two important concepts in the Orthodox ascetics: the purification of the mind and the preservation of the mind, which can be called…
