December 25, 2020 Spiritual Testament of the Holy Elder Paisios, Found in Panagouda, His Cell on Mount Athos, after his Death in 1994 On October 20, 1993, Elder Paisios, despite being in great pain, went to the Koutloumousiou Monastery, to which his cell belonged, and greeted hegumen…
December 23, 2020 About St Nicholas, Helping God-seeking Non-believers Discover Christ In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! We call St Nicholas the great Wonderworker not only because his…
December 19, 2020 Puzzling Points in the Life of St. Nicholas Any Christian can tell you about St. Nicholas. Almost everyone knows that he helps travellers, helps poor maidens get married, and brings us Christmas presents…
December 17, 2020 Saint Barbara — the Patron Saint of Artillery Saint Barbara, the Holy Martyr (3d – early 4th century) Commemorated on 17 (4) December. Does artillery, ‘the God of War’, have a patron saint…
December 11, 2020 St Vincent of Lérins and His Teachings Venerable Vincent of Lérins is a famous saint, who is Western by birth, but rather Eastern by spirit. In 2017, the Holy Synod of…
December 9, 2020 Do Not Disfigure the Divine Image or How a Saint Healed Other Saint’s Mother Venerable Peter the Hermit of Galatia lived during the IV-V century. He was able to perform miracles, just as Christ did, so that even…
December 2, 2020 Elder Porphyrios of Kafsokalivia: Three Examples of His Exceptional Perceptiveness Spiritual writer Pavle Rak shares his memories of the elder whom he and his family knew in person. Let me start with a story…
November 26, 2020 “Love is Above Fasting!” Simple Stories with St Tikhon of Zadonsk During his long life, Saint Tikhon wrote many spiritual works. The present generation of believers continue to turn to them for consolation, admonition, and…
November 22, 2020 “Do You Want to See an Angel?” St. Nektarios and His Instructions November 9/22 we remember St. Nektarios of Aegina, a modern ascetic and wonderworker. His life is amazing: the Lord manifested in a visible and…
October 30, 2020 Saint Macrina, the Fourth Great Cappadocian? Saint Macrina is a well-known ascetic, sister of Saints Gregory of Nyssa and Basil the Great, two of the three great Cappadocian church fathers….
October 20, 2020 St Euphemia the All-Praised Appearing to Elder Paisios We bring to the attention of our readers a small episode from the life of Elder Paisios, which took place on February 27, 1974….
October 13, 2020 Saint Silouan the Athonite and His Experience of Confronting Demonic Powers Quite a lot has been said about him, and I’m unlikely to write something new here. When you read the lives or works of…
