July 23, 2020 The Story of the Holy Prophet Elijah – Part Two So, now began the great confrontation between Elijah and the prophets of Baal, between truth and falsehood, between God and paganism. Elijah said, Take…
July 22, 2020 The Story of the Holy Prophet Elijah August 2 (July 20) is the feast of the Prophet Elijah. This is a wonderful story – of how God’s faithful prophet stood up…
July 21, 2020 How Do You Fight Sins If You Lack the Strength to Get Rid of Them? In my opinion, the experiences and complaints about the state in which sin literally haunts you and you can’t get rid of it are…
July 21, 2020 St. Elisabeth Convent Celebrates the Feast Day of Holy Royal Martyr Grand Duchess Elisabeth On July 18th, 2020 the feast day of the convent was celebrated, commemorating the Holy Royal Martyr Grand Duchess Elisabeth – the patron saint…
July 21, 2020 Is It a Sin to Nap? How much should a Christian sleep? Are there any special rules? To what extent should one be guided by the ancient patericons who assert…
July 20, 2020 Mother Maria of Paris: Saint of the Open Door “No amount of thought will ever result in any greater formulation than the three words, ‘Love one another,’ so long as it is love…
July 20, 2020 A Lesson of Chastity (The Story of the Grand Duchess Eudocia, tonsured as Euphrosyne, the wife of the Grand Duke Dimitri Ioannovich Donskoy). To be saved, you need…
July 19, 2020 15 Quotations of St. Ambrose of Optina 1. Why does a person become bad? Because he forgets that God is above him. 2. You have to pay attention to your inner…
July 19, 2020 The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: The Healing of a Paralytic In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. When we read the Gospel passages about how Christ raised the…
July 18, 2020 White Angel Sand Art Film The film “White Angel” is devoted to life and death of the Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna Romanova. The idea of creation and the final…
July 18, 2020 Life Principles of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Deeds and letters are those things that in the best possible way show what kind of person someone is. The letters of Grand Duchess Elizabeth reveal…
July 17, 2020 The Royal Martyrs in Their Own Words and through the Words of Those Who Knew Them In 1905, twelve years before Emperor Nicholas II’s abdication and three years from his own repose, St. John of Kronstadt, who had served as confessor…
