August 31, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 13 Part 12 Caryes. The Pilgrimage Begins The bus was humming strenuously, lifting us higher and higher. We were on Mount Athos! Perhaps the Lord…
August 27, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 12 Part 11 Dream Come True Call it exaltation if you like, but we knelt down and kissed the holy stones of Athos. Until recently,…
August 26, 2021 Ninety Year Old Painter Adds Colour to Her Native Village Our section “Сhronicle of Heaven” features people from different countries known to their communities as their next-door heroes. They have passionate hearts and share…
August 24, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 11 Part 10 Orientation Session While still sitting in the wardroom, I instructed my companions “with competence”. – Everyone will have their own Athos. It…
August 24, 2021 How Is Orthodox Christianity Different from Islam? Orthodoxy and Islam are both Abrahamic religions, and their doctrines have much in common. They both proclaim a faith in one almighty God Who…
August 22, 2021 Why are Ancient Greek Philosophers Depicted in Orthodox Churches? In some Orthodox churches and monasteries there are images of pre-Christian philosophers, such as Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, etc. For example, such murals can be…
August 20, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 10 Part 9 Another Temptation It was 5 AM, and we hurried to pick up our diamontiria. When my turn came, a girl in uniform…
August 19, 2021 Lost Books of the Bible? As you know, biblical authors often refer to their predecessors, citing quotations from various books of Holy Scripture. However, it is not always possible…
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 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 10, 2021 Saint Elisabeth Romanov’s Marfo-Mariinsky Convent — a Renowned Model of a Community of Sisters of Mercy Two years after the assassination of her husband Grand Duke Sergey Romanov Grand Duchess Elisabeth Romanov established in 1909 the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent in Moscow….
August 9, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 7 Part 6 Thessaloniki The narrow streets of Thessaloniki with their identical low-slung buildings seemed to lack landmarks. I thought that if I got lost…
