November 26, 2018 12 Facts from the Life of St. John Chrysostom The Holy Church of Christ celebrates the blessed memory of Saint John Chrysostom, our great teacher, confessor, and preacher, on November 26 (November 13…
November 22, 2018 Feast Day Miracle: Icon of St. Nektarios Streams Myrrh on His Feast Day A miracle occurred at the seminary in Nairobi recently, reports His Eminence Archbishop Makarios (Tillyrides) of Nairobi and All Kenya. On November 9,…
November 20, 2018 Patriarch Tikhon as One of the Greatest Universal Saints In 2015, the Russian Church celebrated two important anniversaries of Holy Patriarch Tikhon: February 1—150 years since his birth, and on April 7—ninety years…
November 20, 2018 “Should We Hail Mary?”: Looking for the Answer in the Holy Scripture Did you know that, according to Scripture: Mary is crowned with glory and honor to rule over the works of the Lord’s hands, and God…
November 17, 2018 A New Icon of Unification and the Question of Our Catholicity The 1917–1918 Russian Church Council bolstered the Church in the beginning of persecution and was a veritable example of the catholicity of the Church….
November 14, 2018 Three Stories of Ss. Cosmas and Damian: Who Were They and How to Distinguish Them? “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out…
November 2, 2018 A Personal Story about the Miracle of Elder Gabriel (Ugrebadze) I met Irakli Gogoladze in Samtavro Monastery. Out of the blue this young man of about twenty-five walked up to me and said, “You…
November 1, 2018 The Life, Miracles, and Service of Elder Gabriel (Urgebadze) Mtskheta: the ancient capital of Georgia. This small town attracts tourists and pilgrims – and not without reason. The famous Djvari, Zedazeni, Svetitskhoveli, and Samtavro monasteries are…
October 31, 2018 Evangelist Luke: The Path of a Historian and Literary Genius There is disagreement among contemporary scholars and commentators about which of the Evangelists wrote first: Matthew or Mark. But it is safe to assert…
October 29, 2018 St. Martin of Tours: the Life Story of One of the Most Well-Known Western Saints “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which…
October 29, 2018 The Holy Centurion: St. Martyr Longinus and His Role in the Gospel Events Today, on October 29 (October 16 O.S.), the Orthodox Church invites us to celebrate the memory of an unusual saint who might have been the first…
October 24, 2018 “A Monk Should Always Be Joyful!”: Sermon on the Feast Day of the Optina Elders It’s such a blessing, on this beautiful late October day, to have so many pilgrims here with us to join in the celebration of…
