July 16, 2022 Episodes from the lives of the Royal martyrs A lesson in humility The royal couple was taking a walk in a park when a box fell off a carriage carrying mail. Immediately,…
July 8, 2022 Saint John of Shanghai, as Remembered by His Spiritual Children. Part 2 Part 1 The first letter arrived in 1949, on the Feat Day day of St James. Archbishop John wrote: “Dear Zhora and Sima! I…
July 6, 2022 Saint John of Shanghai, as Remembered by His Spiritual Children. Part 1 With his God-pleasing life, St. John of Shanghai served as a universal model of patristic Orthodoxy. From China to Western Europe and the United…
July 2, 2022 Elder Tikhon, a Great Forgotten Ascetic On the second Sunday after Pentecost, the Church celebrates the feast of all Russian saints and commemorates the Athonite ascetics. Both church holidays converge…
June 29, 2022 St. Paisios: God Wants Us to Receive Help from Others — Geronda, when I am in difficulty and pray to find a solution, how will I know God’s will? — You cannot know the…
June 17, 2022 When Prayer Trumps Reason: the Salvific Prayers of Saint Monica When we are in difficulty, and someone tells us to pray, we may brush his advice aside as a platitude. But this reaction might…
June 9, 2022 Whatever You Do, Work Heartily, as for the Lord: Saints among Cooks In the Orthodox tradition, almost every profession has a patron saint, someone who served God, glorified Him, and perhaps suffered for His sake in…
April 10, 2022 Genuine Repentance — What Feelings Does It Awaken in Us, and What Else Does the Great Canon Teach Us on the Feast Day of St Mary of Egypt Two unusual features in the biography of Mary of Egypt have always puzzled me. First, how did a twelve-year-old girl who had given herself…
April 5, 2022 The Best Physician Hieromonk Christodoulus Hagiorite recalls: “While performing duties of the monastery paramedic, I once said to Elder Paisios: – Geronda, I brought you vitamins and…
March 6, 2022 Matrona the Barefoot. Blessed Matrona of St Petersburg? Hundreds of pilgrims come every day to venerate the relics of the blessed Matrona of Moscow resting in the Intercession Monastery of Moscow. However,…
January 31, 2022 Spiritual Instructions of Elder Joseph the Hesychast Anger as such is natural. Just as there are nerves in the body, it is the nerve of the soul. We should use it…
January 17, 2022 Miracles That Anyone Can “Touch” Malachi is the last Old Testament prophet, with the exception of St John the Forerunner. His prophetic ministry unfolds after the restoration of the…
