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…
August 6, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 6 Part 5 On the Way to Mount Athos It was a fasting day, but when the flight attendants started serving breakfast, we preferred an…
August 2, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 5 Part 4 Accompanying Temptations Any good deed is usually associated with difficulties and all kinds of temptations. My vigilance was disturbing me. I was…
July 30, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 4 Part 3 My Companions There is a real writer among my Orthodox friends. He lives in Moscow, and has been to Athos multiple times….
July 26, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 3 Part 2 Preparing for Athos From experienced pilgrims on the internet I learned about the diamonitirion (a permission to visit Athos issued by the…
July 23, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 2 Part 1 How It Became Possible for Me to Visit Athos I am a rural priest serving in a small church of St Nicholas…
July 19, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 1 Author’s Note Travelling is a lot like reading a good book. First of all because it brings discoveries. All countries on earth were discovered…
July 16, 2021 5 Grand Discoveries by Biblical Archaeologists that Influenced Our Perception of the Bible. Part 2 Part 1 4. Definitive proof of the reality of Pontius Pilate Up until 1961, there was not a single reliable proof of the historical…
July 15, 2021 5 Grand Discoveries by Biblical Archaeologists that Influenced Our Perception of the Bible What does biblical archaeology do? What new findings have its practitioners made in the last several years? How are they related to Biblical narratives?…
July 6, 2021 Paxton Smith and the Global Culture of Loss and Disorientation Paxton Smith, a high school valedictorian from Texas, gave an abortion rights speech at graduation that went viral on the Internet. Swapping the agreed…
June 30, 2021 Stele of Merneptah: an Archaeological Find Proving that the Events in the Book of Exodus Really Took Place The long-term slavery of the Hebrews by the Egyptians and the events of their exodus from Egypt is one of the darkest and most…
