August 25, 2026 Seven Counsels from St Alexis Mechev Christian Life Begins Close to Home St Alexis Mechev died in Moscow on 22 June 1923—9 June according to the Old Calendar. During his…
August 25, 2026 A Priest Who Refused to Stand Still. The Life of St Alexis Mechev The Bell That Rang for an Empty Church Moscow at the end of the nineteenth century was a city caught between faith and upheaval….
July 15, 2026 St Elisabeth and Grand Duke Sergei: A Marriage of Faith and Service Before she founded the Martha and Mary Convent and gave her life as a martyr, St Elisabeth spent more than twenty years beside Grand…
March 24, 2026 St John of the Ladder and the Order of the Heart What the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent Reveals to Us On the fourth Sunday of Great Lent, the Orthodox Church commemorates Saint John of…
February 24, 2026 The Trap of Perfection. St. Nectarios on Pride Disguised as Repentance We often mistake repentance for self-punishment. St Nectarios of Aegina shows why despair over our sins can be a sign not of humility, but…
November 18, 2025 When the Empire Feared the Faithful: The Martyrdom of Saint Demetrius Saints are often imagined as ascetics in the desert or fiery preachers on street corners. They are rarely pictured as high-ranking Roman officials—yet such…
October 7, 2025 Saint Sergius of Radonezh: Architect of Russian Spirituality On 8 October (25 September), the Church commemorates the repose of Saint Sergius, Abbot of Radonezh, wonderworker of all Rus’. His veneration reaches back…
August 26, 2025 What Saint Seraphim’s Greeting Means—and Why It Matters Today Saint Seraphim of Sarov was the first saint canonised in the twentieth century. That fact itself carries a spiritual hint, a sign pointing to…
August 11, 2025 “Prayer is Your Air Defence”: Trench Lessons from Elder Paisios of Mount Athos Where would you expect to encounter a saint? In a monastery, perhaps? On an icon? Certainly—in church, in quiet prayer, in places hallowed by…
June 2, 2025 “Father Nicholas, Help!” Three Miracles of Saint Nicholas That summer, I was alone in our village house while my husband was constantly away on business trips. Though our village was nearly deserted—only…
November 6, 2024 Cosmas of Maiuma and John of Damascus: Brothers, Friends, and Hymnographers of the Orthodox Church In 7th-century Damascus, a Christian named Sergius Mansur and his wife raised an orphan boy named Cosmas alongside their own son, John, born a…
September 24, 2024 Miracles Amidst the Siege: How St. Sergius Defended the Trinity Lavra from Polish and Lithuanian Troops ‘If our enemies seek honour and glory from us, we will give it to them; if they desire gold and silver, we will offer…
