February 4, 2022 Storing and Using Holy Water and Prosphora at Home. How To Do It Reverently? Holy water and prosphora are gifts that strengthen us on our life path to God. However, their grace-filled properties are manifested only when a…
February 2, 2022 “Walls Will Come Apart with Love!” Father Vitaly Confronted Every Evil with His Humility and Love We continue to acquaint you with the everyday saints of the 20th century. Our narrative today will centre on Schema-Archimandrite Vitaly (Sidorenko). Already as…
January 21, 2022 Blessed Heaven: A Studio “Lending Wings” to Wounded Souls St Elisabeth Convent is a place not only of prayer, but also of service to people that modern society tends to forget. For many…
January 18, 2022 The Humble Priest Vasily Who Drove Out Demons and Communed a Woman Taken for Dead Father Vasily Borin (1917 – 1994) was a priest of great calibre, a model of unshakeable faith and exceptional humility. Only great ascetics receive…
January 14, 2022 The Evolution of the Church Censer The tradition of burning incense in church during worship, adopted from the times of the Old Testament, has been carefully preserved by the Orthodox…
January 11, 2022 Obedience to Our Elders, Confessors and the Lord, and How to Find It God gave us free will, and no one can be forced to follow the way of salvation against their wishes. Everyone is free to…
January 7, 2022 Season’s Greetings and Three Christmas Miracles “Christ is born, give ye glory!” The Nativity canon sounds solemnly, filling the souls of believers with joy. Today, as we celebrate the great…
December 31, 2021 Why Celebrate the New Year? The New Year is a secular holiday celebrated on January 1 by most countries in the world. This holiday is commonly associated with making…
December 24, 2021 A Few Aspects of Iconography to Consider before Ordering a Painted Icon Modern icon painters often face similar challenges communicating with clients, whose knowledge of iconography leaves many of their questions unanswered. For example, people ordering…
December 21, 2021 How Seraphim of Sarov Became the Most Beloved Russian Saint in Georgia Father Seraphim was known for his deep affinity for Iveron, the first portion of the Most Holy Theotokos. We know far less about the…
December 17, 2021 The Origin and Spiritual Power of Prayer Beads Prayer beads came into use by Christians as early as in the first centuries after the birth of Christ. For a long time, they…
December 15, 2021 True Fasting and Gluttony Disguised as Fasting The enemy still uses all his cunning to catch more people in his trap. Some are tempted by tantalising images of food on social…
